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She re-commissioned on 27 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 900}}
 
She re-commissioned on 27 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 900}}
  
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''Winchelsea'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 September, 1924 to serve with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 289}}
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''Winchelsea'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 September, 1924 to serve with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 289}}  She would remain with the flotilla through at least mid-1931.
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''Winchelsea'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 May, 1927 to serve with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 289}}
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She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 December, 1929 for continued work with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Harold William Seaman]].{{NLJul31|p. 289}}
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Paid off into Reserve at Portsmouth on 12 April, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 292}}
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''Winchelsea'' was commissioned at The Nore on 28 May, 1934 for service with the {{UK-SF|5}}.{{NLJul34|p. 292}}
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Commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 February, 1937 for duty with the {{UK-SF|5}}.{{NLJul37|p. 292}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hubert Stanley Braddyll|nick=Hubert S. Braddyll|appt=19 February, 1919<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 900}}|end=15 April, 1920<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hubert Stanley Braddyll|nick=Hubert S. Braddyll|appt=19 February, 1919<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 900}}|end=15 April, 1920<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=15 April, 1921<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>|end=12 April, 1922<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=15 April, 1921<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>|end=12 April, 1922<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Herbert Owen|nick=Herbert Owen|appt=12 April, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 844}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Herbert Owen|nick=Herbert Owen|appt=12 April, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 844}}|end=8 April, 1924}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=8 April, 1924<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 289}}|end=4 March, 1925<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=8 April, 1924<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 289}}|end=4 March, 1925<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=2 March, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 289}}|end=August, 1927}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=2 March, 1925{{NLJul27|p. 289}}|end=August, 1927<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/174.|}} f. 173.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Roger Cousins|nick=Gerald R. Cousins|appt=11 August, 1927<ref>Cousins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56/124.|}} f. 126.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 289}}|end=31 October, 1929<ref>Cousins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56/124.|}} f. 126.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold William Seaman|nick=Harold W. Seaman|appt=31 October, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 289}}|end=October, 1931}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth|nick=Michael W. Ewart-Wentworth|appt=c. November, 1931|end=March, 1932<ref>Jolly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/122.|}} f. 122.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Frank Jolly|nick=Richard F. Jolly|appt=March, 1932<ref>Jolly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/122.|}} f. 122.</ref>|end=8 August, 1932<ref>Jolly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/122.|}} f. 122.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Heathcote Powys Maurice|nick=Frank H. P. Maurice|appt=19 April, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 292}}|end=22 June, 1935<ref>Maurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/90.|}} f. 90.</ref>|note=and for duty with submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Matthew Sausse Slattery|nick=Matthew S. Slattery|appt=31 May, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 292}}|end=|note=and for duty with submarines}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=18 January, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=18 May, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 245}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=18 January, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=18 May, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 245}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Graham Hewitt|nick=John G. Hewitt|appt=February, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 292}}|end=December, 1937{{ToL|Royal Navy|7 Dec. 1937, p. 27}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Kenneth Lanyon Harkness|nick=Kenneth L. Harkness|appt=2 December, 1937{{ToL|Royal Navy|}2 Dec. 1937, p. 4}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher Theodore Jellicoe|nick=Christopher T. Jellicoe|appt=6 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4270}}|end=20 December, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4270}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Alan Frank Hawkins|nick=William A. F. Hawkins|appt=20 December, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4270}}|end=December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4270}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=George Windsor Gregorie|nick=George W. Gregorie|appt=1 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4270}}|end=25 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4270}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNVR}}|name=Claude Tone Shuttleworth|nick=Claude T. Shuttleworth|appt=25 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4270}}|end=July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4270}}{{FC}}}}
 
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Latest revision as of 11:09, 8 March 2023

H.M.S. Winchelsea (1917)
Pendant Number: F.40 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 15 Dec, 1917[4]
Completed: 20 Apr, 1918[5]
Sold: 20 Mar, 1945[6]

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

Service

Winchelsea joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in March 1918.[7]

She re-commissioned on 27 August, 1920.[8]

Winchelsea was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 September, 1924 to serve with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9] She would remain with the flotilla through at least mid-1931.

Winchelsea was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 May, 1927 to serve with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 December, 1929 for continued work with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Harold William Seaman.[11]

Paid off into Reserve at Portsmouth on 12 April, 1932.[12]

Winchelsea was commissioned at The Nore on 28 May, 1934 for service with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[13]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 February, 1937 for duty with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 12.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 289.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 289.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 292.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 292.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
  15. ↑ Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  16. ↑ Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  17. ↑ Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
  19. ↑ Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
  20. ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  21. ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 844.
  23. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 289.
  25. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 289.
  27. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/174. f. 173.
  28. ↑ Cousins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/124. f. 126.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 289.
  30. ↑ Cousins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/124. f. 126.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 289.
  32. ↑ Jolly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/122. f. 122.
  33. ↑ Jolly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/122. f. 122.
  34. ↑ Jolly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/122. f. 122.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 292.
  36. ↑ Maurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/90. f. 90.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 292.
  38. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  39. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 245.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
  42. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 7 Dec. 1937, p. 27.
  43. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), }2 Dec. 1937, p. 4.
  44. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
Voyager Whirlwind Wrestler Winchelsea Winchester
  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
  Wolsey Woolston  
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