H.M.S. Bruce (1918)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Bruce (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.48 (Jun 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird[2] |
| Ordered: | Dec, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 26 Feb, 1918[4] |
| Sunk: | 22 Nov, 1939[5] |
| Fate: | as target |
H.M.S. Bruce was one of eight flotilla leaders of the Scott class.
Service
She completed to full crew at Rosyth on 27 November, 1919.[6]
Bruce reduced to 2/5 Complement on 8 October, 1924.[7]
Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[8]
Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October 1929 for service in Eighth Destroyer Flotilla,[9] switching to support of a submarine flotilla by early 1933.[10]
She was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 21 April, 1937.[11]
In 1938, her bell was among a number of ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested. It commanded a price of between £3-£10 plus packing and shipping. Interested parties were to apply to win one at its stated price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander John C. Hodgson, 11 April, 1918[13][14] – 1 October, 1919[15]
- Captain Rowland H. Bather, 1 October, 1919[16] – 21 December, 1920[17] (as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Dashwood F. Moir, 21 December, 1920[18][19] – 6 July, 1921[20] (as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Arthur G. Tippet, 6 July, 1921[21] – 2 August, 1921[22] (temporary)
- Captain Roger L'E. M. Rede, 2 August, 1921[23] – 29 April, 1922[24] (and as Captain (D), Ninth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Cyril St. C. Cameron, 29 April, 1922 – 15 August, 1922 (and as Captain (D), Ninth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain John C. Hodgson, 15 August, 1922[25][26] – 6 July, 1923[27] (as Captain (D), Ninth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Edward O. B. S. Osborne, 6 July, 1923 – 29 April, 1924 (and as Captain (D), Ninth Destroyer Flotilla then Eighth Destroyer Flotilla from September 1923)
- Captain Richard A. A. Plowden, 28 April, 1924[28][29] – 31 December, 1924[30] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Kenneth MacLeod, 4 September, 1924 – 1 April, 1925 (during refit of Wallace)
- Captain John C. Tovey, 31 December, 1924[31][32] – 19 April, 1926[33] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Reginald V. Holt, 13 September, 1926[34] – 4 January, 1927[35] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Malcolm R. J. Maxwell-Scott, 4 January, 1927[36] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain William P. Mark-Wardlaw, 16 November, 1928 (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander John M. Porter, 5 July, 1929[37] – February, 1931[38] (while Mark-Wardlaw is sick and as Commander (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Robert L. Burnett, 14 March, 1931[39] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 12 January, 1932[40] – 11 May, 1932[41] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Edward A. Aylmer, late April, 1932[42] – August, 1932 (and for duty Class I with submarines)
- Commander Gerald E. Colpoys, 16 September, 1932[43] (and for duty Class I with submarines)
- Commander Harry P. K. Oram, 8 February, 1934[44] (and for duty Class I with submarines)
MacLeod's stint in command seems a poor fit.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 736-7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 219.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 219.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 220.
- ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 17, 1938; pg. 19; Issue 48180.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 746.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
- ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
- ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). pp. 736-7.
- ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
- ↑ Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
- ↑ Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 729.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 219.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 219.
- ↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
- ↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
- ↑ Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
- ↑ Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 219.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 219.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, April 25, 1932, Issue 46116, p.8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 219.
Bibliography
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