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'''H.M.S. ''Amazon''''' was a Thornycroft-built prototype destroyer built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the mid 1920s.  She and [[Yarrow]]'s [[H.M.S. Ambuscade (1926)|''Ambuscade'']] helped determine the design factors that would inform more significant post-war construction, culminating in the [["A" and "B" Class Destroyer (1929)|"A" and "B" Class Destroyer]]s of 1929-30.
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'''H.M.S. ''Amazon''''' was a Thornycroft-built prototype destroyer built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the mid 1920s.  She and [[Yarrow & Company]]'s [[H.M.S. Ambuscade (1926)|''Ambuscade'']] helped determine the design factors that would inform more significant post-war construction, culminating in the [["A" and "B" Class Destroyer (1929)|"A" and "B" Class Destroyer]]s of 1929-30.
 
There was an earlier [[H.M.S. Amazon (1908)|''Amazon'' launched in 1908]].


==Construction and Service==
==Construction and Service==
''Amazon'' was commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 May, 1927 under the command of Commander [[Francis Howard]], who had been appointed to the ship almost a year earlier.{{NLJul27|p. 215}}
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth 16 October, 1928 for service wqith the {{UK-DF|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 215}}
She commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 June, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 214}}
Re-commissioned on 1 September, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 214}}
Re-commissioned on 3 September, 1934.{{NLJul37|p. 214}}
''Amazon'' was hit by a practice torpedo while carrying out practice with the {{UK-Vernon}} flotilla off Portland in the latter half of May, 1938.{{Guardian|Destroyer Hit by Torpedo During Practice|28 May 1938; p. 13}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=29 October, 1928<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>|end=19 April, 1930<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>|ass=5 November, 1928|note=may have been loaned out part of the time}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric John Shelley|nick=Eric J. Shelley|appt=19 April, 1930{{INF}}|end=24 April, 1931}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Langton Woodhall|nick=Eric L. Woodhall|appt=24 April, 1931<ref>Woodhall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/148/189.|D8125988}} f. ?.</ref>|end=5 May, 1931<ref>Woodhall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/148/189.|D8125988}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (in Command?)|name=Campbell Macgregor Lithgow|nick=Campbell M. Lithgow|appt=30 June, 1931{{NavAppts|24 June 1931, p. 8}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Hugh Calderon|nick=Philip H. Calderon|appt=26 April, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 214}}|end=1 May, 1933{{INF}}|note=transferred in from {{UK-Tenedos}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=1 May, 1933{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Friday, Apr 07, 1933; pg. 9; Issue 46413}}|end=22 September, 1933{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William David Gordon Weir|nick=William D. G. Weir|appt=22 September, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 215}}{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Tuesday, Sep 19, 1933; pg. 7; Issue 46553}}|end=September, 1934{{INF}}|note=and in command of {{UK-Vanoc}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hilary Worthington Biggs|nick=Hilary W. Biggs|appt=3 September, 1934{{NavAppts|Friday, August 31, 1934, Issue 46847, p.5}}|end=26 August, 1935{{ToL|Command of the Amazon|Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harry Douglas Barlow|nick=Harry D. Barlow|appt=26 August, 1935{{ToL|Command of the Amazon|Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152}}|end=16 September, 1935{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Reginald Woodbine Parish|nick=Frank R. W. Parish|appt=16 September, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 215}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lindsay de Villiers|nick=Lindsay de Villiers|appt=15 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 214}}|end=May, 1938{{NavAppts|Monday, April 4, 1938, Issue 47960, p.25}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Hugh Hodgkinson|nick=Robert H. Hodgkinson|appt=9 August, 1938{{NavAppts|8 Aug. 1938, p. 6}}|end=c. September, 1938{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} ('''T''') in Command|name=George James Parker|nick=George J. Parker|appt=6 September, 1938{{NavAppts|5 Sept. 1938, p. 7}}|end=11 September, 1938<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/160/17.|}} f. 24.</ref>|note=vice "Burks[?]"}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Hart Dyke|nick=Eric H. Dyke|appt=14 February, 1939{{NavAppts|26 Jan. 1939, p. 15}}|end=mid 1939}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Nigel Edward Godfrey Roper|nick=Nigel E. G. Roper|appt=1 May, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 255}}|end=}}
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Latest revision as of 22:07, 19 July 2022

H.M.S. Amazon (1926)
Pendant Number: D39
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company
Laid down: 29 Jan, 1925[1]
Launched: 27 Jan, 1926[2]
Completed: 1926[3]
Commissioned: 9 May, 1927[4]
Sold: 24 Oct, 1948[5]

H.M.S. Amazon was a Thornycroft-built prototype destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid 1920s. She and Yarrow & Company's Ambuscade helped determine the design factors that would inform more significant post-war construction, culminating in the "A" and "B" Class Destroyers of 1929-30.

There was an earlier Amazon launched in 1908.

Construction and Service

Amazon was commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 May, 1927 under the command of Commander Francis Howard, who had been appointed to the ship almost a year earlier.[6]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth 16 October, 1928 for service wqith the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[7]

She commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 June, 1932.[8]

Re-commissioned on 1 September, 1933.[9]

Re-commissioned on 3 September, 1934.[10]

Amazon was hit by a practice torpedo while carrying out practice with the Vernon flotilla off Portland in the latter half of May, 1938.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
  11. ↑ "Destroyer Hit by Torpedo During Practice." The Guardian (London, England), 28 May 1938; p. 13.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
  13. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  14. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  15. ↑ Woodhall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/189. f. ?.
  16. ↑ Woodhall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/189. f. ?.
  17. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 24 June 1931, p. 8.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
  19. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Apr 07, 1933; pg. 9; Issue 46413.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
  21. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 19, 1933; pg. 7; Issue 46553.
  22. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, August 31, 1934, Issue 46847, p.5.
  23. ↑ "Command of the Amazon." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152.
  24. ↑ "Command of the Amazon." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 215.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
  27. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, April 4, 1938, Issue 47960, p.25.
  28. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Aug. 1938, p. 6.
  29. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 5 Sept. 1938, p. 7.
  30. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/160/17. f. 24.
  31. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 26 Jan. 1939, p. 15.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 255.

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