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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Heather''''' was one of twelve [[Aubrietia Class Sloop (1916)|''Aubrietia'' Class convoy sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Heather''''' was one of twelve [[Aubrietia Class Sloop (1916)|''Aubrietia'' Class convoy sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].  She also operated as '''''Q.16''''' when functioning as a decoy vessel.


==Service==
==Service==
On 21 April 1917, while dressed out as a "Q" ship ''Q.16'', ''Heather'' failed to bring {{DE-U52}} to action before suffering from several hits from the enemy's deck gun.  ''U 52'' dived before the fire could be returned, and Lt. Cdr. [[William Wybrow Hallwright|Hallwright]], the only casualty, had been killed outright.
{{LieutRNR}} [[Stephen Hudson Smiles|Smiles]] was cautioned by the Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland to ensure proper lookouts being stationed in future, following a 2 December 1918 collision between ''Heather'' and the sailing vessel ''Janice''[?].<ref>Smiles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/216.|}}  f. 216.</ref>
''Heather'' was commissioned on 15 March, 1923 to serve with the {{UK-ASF}}.{{NLJul31|p. 245}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Heather''" nat="UK">
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Heather''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Stephen Hudson Smiles|nick=Stephen H. Smiles|appt=16 December, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 809}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Wilfred Law|nick=Frederick W. Law|appt=14 October, 1916|end=29 February, 1917|precBy=New Command|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Q.16''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stephen Dowell Tillard|nick=Stephen D. Tillard|appt=28 April, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 244}}|end=|note=and as Captain A/S}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Wybrow Hallwright|nick=William W. Hallwright|appt=3 March, 1917|end=21 April, 1917|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Q.16''|note=killed in command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Harold Auten|nick=Harold Auten|appt=22 April, 1917<ref>Auten Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/58/4.|}} f. 4.</ref>|end=12 December, 1917<ref>Auten Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/58/4.|}} f. 4.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Q.16''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Stephen Hudson Smiles|nick=Stephen H. Smiles|appt=16 December, 1917<ref>Smiles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/216.|}}  f. 216.</ref>{{NLDec18|p. 809}}|end=28 July, 1919<ref>Smiles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/216.|}}  f. 216.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Roy Gill|nick=Roy Gill|appt=28 July, 1919|end=7 December, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Irving Montgomery Palmer|nick=Irving M. Palmer|appt=24 November, 1919|end=16 June, 1920}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vincent Byrne Cardwell|nick=Vincent B. Cardwell|appt=24 April, 1920|end=1 August, 1921}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Charles Candy|nick=Geoffrey C. Candy|appt=1 August, 1921|end=30 June, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Lawrence Massey|nick=George L. Massey|appt=15 March, 1921|end=28 April, 1924|note=as Captain A/S}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stephen Dowell Tillard|nick=Stephen D. Tillard|appt=28 April, 1924{{NLFeb26|p. 245}}|end=27 April, 1926|note=and as Captain A/S}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Beveridge Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=27 April, 1926|end=18 January, 1927|note=and as Captain A/S}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ennis Tristram Ratcliffe Chambers|nick=Ennis T. R. Chambers|appt=18 January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 245}}|end=18 January, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=1 December, 1928<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|end=16 April, 1930<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=1 December, 1928<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|end=16 April, 1930<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel George Dawson|nick=Lionel G. Dawson|appt=18 January, 1929<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|end=12 January, 1931<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel George Dawson|nick=Lionel G. Dawson|appt=18 January, 1929<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|end=12 January, 1931<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>}}

Latest revision as of 12:41, 1 September 2022

H.M.S. Heather (1916)
Pendant Number: T.40 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1916[3]
Launched: 16 Jun, 1916[4]
Sold: 16 Feb, 1932[5]

H.M.S. Heather was one of twelve Aubrietia Class convoy sloops completed for the Royal Navy. She also operated as Q.16 when functioning as a decoy vessel.

Service

On 21 April 1917, while dressed out as a "Q" ship Q.16, Heather failed to bring U 52 to action before suffering from several hits from the enemy's deck gun. U 52 dived before the fire could be returned, and Lt. Cdr. Hallwright, the only casualty, had been killed outright.

Lieutenant R.N.R. Smiles was cautioned by the Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland to ensure proper lookouts being stationed in future, following a 2 December 1918 collision between Heather and the sailing vessel Janice[?].[6]

Heather was commissioned on 15 March, 1923 to serve with the Anti-Submarine Flotilla.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  6. ↑ Smiles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/216. f. 216.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 245.
  8. ↑ Auten Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/4. f. 4.
  9. ↑ Auten Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/4. f. 4.
  10. ↑ Smiles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/216. f. 216.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 809.
  12. ↑ Smiles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/216. f. 216.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 245.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 245.
  15. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  16. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  17. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  18. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  19. ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
  20. ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.

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