H.M.S. Kempenfelt (1931)
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H.M.S. Kempenfelt (1931) | |
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Pendant Number: | I18 |
Builder: | J. Samuel White |
Launched: | 29 Oct, 1931[1] |
Wrecked: | 10 Nov, 1945[2] |
H.M.S. Kempenfelt was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy. She was one of two "leaders" of the class, accommodating an additional thirty in complement.
Service
Completed to Full Complement at Devonport on 7 June, 1932 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla under Captain (D) Edye Kington Boddam-Whetham.[3]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 31 August, 1934 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[4]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 16 April, 1937 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[5]
Kempenfelt was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1939 and renamed H.M.C.S. Assiniboine.
Captains
- Commander Francis S. W. de Winton, 15 February, 1932[6][7] – 7 June, 1932[8]
- Captain Edye K. Boddam-Whetham, 7 June, 1932[9][10] – August, 1934[11] (and as Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Cedric S. Holland, 31 August, 1934[12] – 12 January, 1937 (and as Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Denis W. Boyd, 7 October, 1936[13] – April, 1937[14] (and as Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Rhoderick R. McGrigor, 3 March, 1937[15] – 19 August, 1938[16] (and as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Clifford Caslon, 18 August, 1938 (and as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Clifford Caslon, 23 August, 1939 – 20 September, 1939 (and as Captain (D), Eighteenth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles E. Glasfurd, 20 September, 1939[17] – 19 October, 1939[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
- ↑ De Winton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/105. f. 105.
- ↑ "Command of the Kempenfelt." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, February 3, 1932, Issue 46047, p.18.
- ↑ De Winton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/105. f. 105.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 248.
- ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
- ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 249.
- ↑ Boyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/8. f. 8.
- ↑ Boyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/8. f. 8.
- ↑ McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
- ↑ McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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