Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Active (1929)"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 14: Line 14:
 
''Active'' was commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 April, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 215}}
 
''Active'' was commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 April, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 215}}
  
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1932.{{NLJul34|p. 214}}
+
On 4 April, 1932, ''Active'' collided with her sister-ship {{UK-Achates}}.  Their Lordships informed Captain (D) [[Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|Miles]] that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>
  
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 July, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 214}}
+
''Active'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1932.{{NLJul34|p. 214}}
  
She commissioned at Malta on 23 February, 1937.{{NLMay39|p. 254}}
+
The destroyer re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 July, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 214}}
 +
 
 +
''Active'' was commissioned at Malta on 23 February, 1937.{{NLMay39|p. 254}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 12:56, 4 May 2020

H.M.S. Active (1929)
Pendant Number: H14
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company
Laid down: 10 Jul, 1928
Launched: 9 Jul, 1929
Commissioned: 9 Feb, 1930[Citation needed]
Sold: 7 Jul, 1947

H.M.S. Active was one of eleven "A" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Active was commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 April, 1930.[1]

On 4 April, 1932, Active collided with her sister-ship Achates. Their Lordships informed Captain (D) Miles that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."[2]

Active was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1932.[3]

The destroyer re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 July, 1935.[4]

Active was commissioned at Malta on 23 February, 1937.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
  2. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 214.
  5. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 254.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 214.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.
  11. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. Uboat.net page on the ship.


"A" and "B" Class Destroyer
"A" Class Leader
  Codrington  
Destroyers
  Acasta Achates Active Antelope  
  Anthony Ardent Arrow Acheron  
Canadian Destroyers
  Saguenay Skeena  
"B" Class Leader
  Keith  
Destroyers
  Basilisk Beagle Blanche Boadicea  
  Boreas Brazen Brilliant Bulldog  
<– Modified "W" Class Destroyers (UK) "C" and "D" Class –>