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Revision as of 12:12, 3 July 2019
| H.M.S. Hawkins (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 8A (Jul 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Ordered: | Dec, 1915[3] |
| Laid down: | 3 Jun, 1916[4] |
| Launched: | 1 Oct, 1917[5] |
| Commissioned: | 24 Jul, 1919[6] |
| Sold: | 26 Aug, 1947[7] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. Hawkins was one of four Hawkins class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy shortly after the end of the Great War.
Service
Hawkins was commissioned on 23 July, 1919 and became the flagship on the China Station, first flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Alexander L. Duff.
Hawkins was re-commissioned at Singapore on 30 June, 1923 and became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief, China Station Sir Allan F. Everett.[8]
She was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 3 February, 1926 to continue her function as a component of Fifth Cruiser Squadron and as flagship of the C-in-C.[9]
Paid off into Dockyard Control on 12 November, 1928.[10]
Re-commissioned in reserve at Portsmouth on 5 May, 1931.[11] She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 21 September, 1932 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron in the East Indies.[12]
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 April, 1935.[13]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Reginald G. H. Henderson, 24 July, 1919[14] (and as Flag Captain and C.o.S. to V/A Duff)
- Captain William M. James, June, 1921[15]
- Captain Argentine H. Alington, 10 September, 1922[16] – November, 1924[17] (and as Flag Captain and C.O.S. to Admiral Sir A. C. Leveson)
- Captain Percy R. Stevens, 26 October, 1923[18] – 9 December, 1925 (vice "Robinson")
- Captain Walter J. C. Lake, 1 October, 1924[19] – 2 October, 1926[20][21]
- Captain Lawrence W. Braithwaite, 2 October, 1926[22] – late 1928[23] (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Admirals Alexander Sinclair and Tyrwhitt, in succession)
- Captain Wilfred N. Custance, 5 November, 1929[24] (for period of trials)
- Captain Aubrey Lambert, 14 December, 1929 – 31 December, 1929 (for trials)
- Captain Lancelot E. Holland, 31 December, 1929[25] – 28 May, 1931[26] (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Best)
- Commander Gerald H. Warner, 2 April, 1932[27]
- Captain Tom S. V. Phillips, 21 September, 1932[28] – July, 1935 (as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to C-in-C, East Indies)
- Commander Walter W. Sitwell, 25 April, 1935[29]
- Captain Wilfrid R. Patterson, 3 March, 1936[30] – 1938[31]
- Captain Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee, 14 February, 1938[32] – 21 June, 1938[33] (and as Flag Captain)
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas I. S. Bell, 24 June, 1938[34] – 29 September, 1938[35] (temporary, and for command of a group of miscellaneous craft)
- Captain Eustace Rotherham, 15 November, 1939[36] – 6 May, 1940[37]
- Captain Harry P. K. Oram, 6 May, 1940[38] – 2 February, 1942[39]
- Commander (retired) Peter K. Wallace, 2 February, 1942[40] – 17 March, 1942[41]
- Commander Michael Everard, 17 March, 1942[42] – 16 April, 1942[43]
- Captain Godfrey A. French, 16 April, 1942[44] – 13 January, 1943[45]
- Commander Michael Everard, 13 January, 1943[46] – 19 February, 1943[47]
- Captain Godfrey A. French, 19 February, 1943[48] – 28 June, 1943[49]
- Commander Michael Everard, 28 June, 1943[50] – 1 July, 1943[51]
- Captain John W. Josselyn, 1 July, 1943[52] – 8 October, 1944[53]
- Captain (retired) Edward C. Watson, 8 October, 1944[54] – 16 December, 1944[55]
- Acting Commander Arthur A. Havers, 16 December, 1944[56] – mid 1945[57]
There seems to be some overlap in the above.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 784.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 243, 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 783.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 232.
- ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 232.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 244.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Day of month taken from Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
- ↑ Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
- ↑ Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
- ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
- ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, February 27, 1932, Issue 46068, p.21.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 246.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 247.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
- ↑ Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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