H.M.S. Windsor (1918)
| H.M.S. Windsor (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.12 (Sep 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 21 Jun, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | 28 Aug, 1918[5] |
| Commissioned: | 15 Aug, 1918[6] |
| Sold: | 4 Mar, 1947[7] |
H.M.S. Windsor was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Windsor was commissioned on 15 August, 1918.[8]
She was re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[9]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 May, 1926 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[10]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1929 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[11]
While serving with the Atlantic Fleet out of Gibraltar in April 1930, Windsor was sent off to Sheerness to be taken in hand to have her boilers re-tubed. She was replaced for the duration of this work by the Vesper, to whom Commander Loveband transferred for this duration.[12]
She left Portsmouth on 7 January, 1931 with nine other ships to commence the Spring Cruise.[13]
Windsor was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 April, 1931 for continued service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet under the command of Charles Taschereaux Beard.[14]
Windsor was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 4 May, 1933 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, which was now part of Home Fleet.[15]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth with Reserve Complement on 22 May 1935.[16]
She re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 25 June, 1936.[17]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Arthur G. Tippet, 5 August, 1918[18][19] – 4 May, 1921[20] (and on staff of Captain Superintendent of T.B.Ds.)
- Commander Henry I. M. L. Scott, 28 April, 1921[21] – May, 1922[22]
- Commander Patrick W. R. Weir, 15 May, 1922[23] – April, 1923[24]
- Commander Arthur J. L. Murray, 3 May, 1923[25]
- Commander Patrick B. Crohan, 4 October, 1924[26] – 29 December, 1925
- Commander Henry P. Boxer, 29 December, 1925[27][28] – 9 August, 1927[29]
- Commander Victor H. Danckwerts, 9 August, 1927[30] – 31 December, 1928[31]
- Commander Ralph Kerr, December, 1928[32] – 11 November, 1929[33]
- Commander John G. Y. Loveband, 11 November, 1929[34] – c. mid 1930[35] (transferred out to Vesper)
- Commander John G. Y. Loveband, November, 1930[36] – 5 January, 1931[37]
- Commander Austen G. Lilley, 5 January, 1931[38] – 13 April, 1931[39]
- Commander Charles T. Beard, 13 April, 1931[40]
- Commander Thomas H. Troubridge, 4 May, 1933[41] – 11 February, 1935[42] (assumed command upon her commissioning)
- Commander Cecil L. Howe, 11 February, 1935[43] – 1935
- Commander James A. McCoy, 6 September, 1935[44] – 21 August, 1936[45]
- Lieutenant-Commander Peter D. H. R. Pelly, 1 November, 1939[46] – 9 July, 1940[47]
- Lieutenant-Commander George P. Huddart, 9 July, 1940[48] – January, 1941[49]
- Commander William D. G. Weir, early 1941 – 1 May, 1941 (also in command of Dover's Coastal Forces base H.M.S. Wasp around this time)
- Lieutenant-Commander John M. G. Waldegrave, 1 April, 1941[50] – 13 January, 1942[51]
- Lieutenant in Command Derick H. F. Hetherington, 13 January, 1942[52] – May, 1943[53]
- Lieutenant in Command Lionel R. P. Lawford, May, 1943[54] – 4 April, 1945[55]
- Lieutenant in Command John V. Brothers, 4 April, 1945[56] – May, 1945[57]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 289.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 22 Mar. 1930, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 10 Jan. 1931, p. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
- ↑ Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
- ↑ Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 844.
- ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/160. f. 159.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 289.
- ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
- ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
- ↑ Danckwerts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ Danckwerts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Loveband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/84. f. 84.
- ↑ Loveband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/84. f. 84. He left on transfer to Vesper.
- ↑ Loveband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/84. f. 84.
- ↑ Loveband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/84. f. 84.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 293.
- ↑ Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
- ↑ Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/168. f. 168.
- ↑ McCoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/145. f. 145.
- ↑ McCoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/145. f. 145.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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