H.M.S. Atherstone (1916)

H.M.S. Atherstone (1916)
Admiralty Pendant Number:	882^[1]
Pendant Number:	T.09 (Sep 1918)^[2]
Builder:	Ailsa Shipbuilding Company^[3]
Ordered:	Sep 1915^[4]
Launched:	4 Apr, 1916^[5]
Sold:	12 Aug, 1927^[6]

H.M.S. Atherstone was one of thirty-two Ascot Class paddle minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In January, 1921, she was one of six paddle minesweepers allocated to the Central Reserve of Minesweepers, along with thirty-four twin screw minesweepers, all under C. & M. parties.^[7]

She paid off to a C. & M. Party on 14 September, 1921.^[8]

Captains

Lieutenant in Command John A. Shuter, 12 June, 1916^[9]
Lieutenant-Commander Claude P. Hermon-Hodge, 14 March, 1917^[10] – 5 November, 1918 (and for command of a division of paddle minesweepers)
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Arthur W. Taylor, 28 October, 1918^[11] – 1 March, 1919^[12]^[13]
Acting Commander R.N.R. Richard L. Fortier, 1 March, 1919^[14]
Lieutenant-Commander John W. C. O. Shelton, 10 July, 1924^[15] – c. 20 August, 1924^[Inference] (temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises)

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111. See this note for more info.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 707.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 725.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392g.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391m.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 735.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 735.
↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 730.
↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 730.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.