H.M.S. Greenwich (1915)

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H.M.S. Greenwich (1915)
Pendant Number: CA (Jan, 1916)
C6 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Dobson[2]
Launched: 5 Jul, 1915[3]
Commissioned: 10 Jun, 1916[4]
Sold: 11 Jul, 1946[5]

H.M.S. Greenwich was purchased while under construction and completed by Swan Hunter as a destroyer depot ship.

Service

Upon commissioning in mid-1916, Greenwich went to Scapa Flow to serve the Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla. She remained there through the end of the war, maintaining "M" class and later model destroyers.[6]

Re-commissioned on 15 September, 1924.[7]

The ship was reduced to Reserve on 21 December, 1925.[8] She was re-commissioned with special complement on 16 August, 1927.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

Lecky and Twigg seem to overlap.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 782.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 242.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 243.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 243.
  10. Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394s.
  12. Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  13. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394c.
  15. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  16. Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 250.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 804.
  18. Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 250.
  19. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 781.
  20. Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
  21. Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 782.
  23. Woods Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/204. f. 208.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 242.
  25. Woods Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/204. f. 208.
  26. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 242.
  27. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  28. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  29. Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 572.
  30. Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 572.
  31. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/52. f. ?.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 243.
  33. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/52. f. ?.
  34. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  35. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  36. Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  37. Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  38. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 243.
  39. Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  40. Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  41. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 244.
  42. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  43. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  44. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  45. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  46. Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  47. Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).