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'''H.M.S. ''Woolston''''' was one of 22 destroyers of the [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Woolston''''' was one of twenty-one [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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Commissioned on 18 June, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 901}}
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''Woolston'' was commissioned on 18 June, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 901}}
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She completed to Full Complement on 19 February, 1925.{{NLApr25|p. 290}}
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''Woolston'' was reduced to Reserve 1 April, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 290}}
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Commissioned at Malta on 8 May, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 290}}
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''Woolston'' was reduced to Reserve 8 August, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 290}}
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She transferred to the Reserve Fleet in Devonport on 17 September, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 290}}
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Commissioned at Devonport on 11 September, 1931 for service with the {{UK-ASF|1}} out of Portland.{{NLOct35|p. 293}}
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Re-commissioned on 18 August, 1936 for service with the {{UK-ASF|1}} out of Portland.{{NLJul37|p. 293}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt title="Captain of {{UK-Woolston|f=p}}">
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Woolston''">
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*  {{CommRN}} [[Alexander Sholto Douglas|Alexander S. Douglas]], 8 June, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 945}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Sholto Douglas|nick=Alexander S. Douglas|appt=8 June, 1918<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>{{NLJun19|p. 945}}|end=22 May, 1919<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Desmond Maxwell]], 22 May, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 901}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Desmond Maxwell|nick=Desmond Maxwell|appt=22 May, 1919<ref>Maxwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/256.|D7604668}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 901}}|end=14 July, 1921<ref>Maxwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/256.|D7604668}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=14 July, 1921<ref>Snepp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/553.|D8123388}} f. 553.</ref>|end=27 September, 1923<ref>Snepp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/553.|D8123388}} f. 553.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=27 September, 1923<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>|end=1 January, 1924<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 290}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=1 January, 1924<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 290}}|end=1 September, 1924<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=19 February, 1925<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>|end=1 April, 1925<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>|note=for Mediterranean Fleet Exercises}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gage Stuart|nick=Charles G. Stuart|appt=8 May, 1926<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>|end=10 September, 1926<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=10 September, 1926<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=1927<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gage Stuart|nick=Charles G. Stuart|appt=March, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 290}}|end=8 August, 1927{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Bransby O'Brien Harding|nick=Geoffrey B. O'B. Harding|appt=16 April, 1930<ref>Harding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/174.|}} f. 174.  Month is not certain here, due to legibility.</ref>|end=24 September, 1930<ref>Harding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry William Urquhart McCall|nick=Henry W. U. McCall|appt=18 February, 1931<ref>McCall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/141.|}} f. 141.</ref>|end=5 July, 1931<ref>McCall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/141.|}} f. 141.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Meredith Stanton Spalding|nick=Meredith S. Spalding|appt=24 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 290}}|end=c. 11 September, 1931{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Gordon Hine|nick=Alfred G. Hine|appt=11 September, 1931<ref>Hine Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|end=1 January, 1932<ref>Hine Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=1 January, 1932<ref>Snepp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/127/281.|}} f. 281.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 293}}|end=|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Thurston Wake Pawsey|nick=Henry T. W. Pawsey|appt=17 January, 1934<ref>Pawsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/128.|}} f. 127.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 293}}|end=16 July, 1936|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Herbert Mohun Vaughan|nick=Francis H. M. Vaughan|appt=16 July, 1936{{NavAppts|4 July 1936, p. 19}}|end=25 June, 1937|note=loaned to {{UK-Vimy}} in command during ''Woolston's'' refit}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry John Haynes|nick=Henry J. Haynes|appt=25 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 293}}|end=|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Frederick Stevens-Guille|nick=George F. Stevens-Guille|appt=18 July, 1938<ref>Stevens-Guille Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/130.|}} f. 130.</ref>|end=3 January, 1939<ref>Stevens-Guille Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/130.|}} f. 130.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Harry Philip Currey|nick=Harry P. Currey|appt=|end=18 May, 1939{{ToL|Anti-Submarine Flotilla|20 Apr. 1939, p. 26}}|note=transferred out with crew to {{UK-Walker}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter John Phipps|nick=Walter J. Phipps|appt=5 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Walter Michell|nick=Kenneth W. Michell|appt=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick William Hawkins|nick=Frederick W. Hawkins|appt=September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Jack Broughton Cox|nick=Jack B. Cox|appt=October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=May, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Valentine Brothers|nick=John V. Brothers|appt=May, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 19:38, 23 February 2022

H.M.S. Woolston (1918)
Pendant Number: F.08 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 27 Apr, 1918[4]
Completed: 28 Jun, 1918[5]
Commissioned: 18 Jun, 1918[6]
Sold: 18 Feb, 1947[7]

H.M.S. Woolston was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

Woolston was commissioned on 18 June, 1918.[8]

She completed to Full Complement on 19 February, 1925.[9]

Woolston was reduced to Reserve 1 April, 1925.[10]

Commissioned at Malta on 8 May, 1926.[11]

Woolston was reduced to Reserve 8 August, 1927.[12]

She transferred to the Reserve Fleet in Devonport on 17 September, 1930.[13]

Commissioned at Devonport on 11 September, 1931 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland.[14]

Re-commissioned on 18 August, 1936 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 290.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  16. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 945.
  18. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  19. ↑ Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  21. ↑ Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
  22. ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  23. ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  24. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  25. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  27. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  29. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  30. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  31. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  32. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  33. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  34. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  35. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  37. ↑ Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/174. f. 174. Month is not certain here, due to legibility.
  38. ↑ Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/174. f. 174.
  39. ↑ McCall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/141. f. 141.
  40. ↑ McCall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/141. f. 141.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
  42. ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
  43. ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
  44. ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
  46. ↑ Pawsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/128. f. 127.
  47. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
  48. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 July 1936, p. 19.
  49. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  50. ↑ Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
  51. ↑ Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
  52. ↑ "Anti-Submarine Flotilla." The Times (London, England), 20 Apr. 1939, p. 26.
  53. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  61. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  62. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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