H.M.S. Heather (1916)

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.

Heather was commissioned on 15 March, 1923 to serve with the Anti-Submarine Flotilla.^[6]

Captains

Lieutenant-Commander Frederick W. Law, 14 October, 1916 – 29 February, 1917
Lieutenant-Commander William W. Hallwright, 3 March, 1917 – 21 April, 1917 (killed in command)
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Harold Auten, 22 April, 1917^[7] – c. December 1917^[Inference]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Stephen H. Smiles, 16 December, 1917^[8]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Roy Gill, 28 July, 1919 – 7 December, 1919
Lieutenant-Commander Irving M. Palmer, 24 November, 1919 – 16 June, 1920
Commander Vincent B. Cardwell, 24 April, 1920 – 1 August, 1921
Commander Geoffrey C. Candy, 1 August, 1921 – 30 June, 1922
Captain George L. Massey, 15 March, 1921 – 28 April, 1924 (as Captain A/S)
Captain Stephen D. Tillard, 28 April, 1924^[9] – 27 April, 1926 (and as Captain A/S)
Captain William B. Mackenzie, 27 April, 1926 – 18 January, 1927 (and as Captain A/S)
Commander Ennis T. R. Chambers, 18 January, 1927^[10] – 18 January, 1929
Commander Edward C. Thornton, 1 December, 1928^[11] – 16 April, 1930^[12]
Commander Lionel G. Dawson, 18 January, 1929^[13] – 12 January, 1931^[14]
Commander Alfred G. Hine, 12 January, 1931^[15] – 11 September, 1931^[16] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)