H.M.S. Abingdon (1918)
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H.M.S. Abingdon (1918) | |
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Admiralty Pendant Number: | 3453[1] |
Pendant Number: | N.9C (Nov 1919)[2] |
Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company[3] |
Ordered: | mid 1917[4] |
Launched: | 11 Jun, 1918[5] |
Bombed: | 5 Apr, 1942[6] |
H.M.S. Abingdon was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Abingdon paid off at Malta 26 November, 1919.[7]
Paid off to a C. & M. Party (likely at Malta) and completed to reserve complement on 22 November, 1924.[8]
Abingdon was re-commissioned with Reserve Complement at Malta on 26 September, 1929.[9]
She paid off into Reserve at Singapore on 4 April, 1937.[10]
Captains
- Lieutenant in Command John Orgee, 1 October, 1918[11] – 26 November, 1919
- Commander William S. Bardwell, 14 September, 1935[12] – 28 September, 1936[13] (vice "Carnage"[?], and as Senior Officer, Second Minesweeping Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey F. Agutter, 1 April, 1939[14] – 19 August, 1939[Inference] (and as Senior Officer, Second Minesweeping Flotilla)
- Captain (retired) Arthur R. Farquhar, 19 August, 1939[15] – March, 1940[16]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Graham A. Simmers, March, 1940[17] – 5 April, 1942[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "C" denotes Code pendant here. p. 112.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 213.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 722.
- ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
- ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 253.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
Bibliography