H.M.S. Garth (1917)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Garth (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 491[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.C6 (Jun 1918)[2] |
| Builder: | Dunlop Bremner & Company[3] |
| Ordered: | mid 1916[4] |
| Launched: | 9 May, 1917[5] |
| Commissioned: | 1917[6] |
| Sold: | early 1923[7] |
H.M.S. Garth was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
There was an escort destroyer of the same name launched in 1940.
Service
Garth paid off at Grimsby on 9 September, 1919.[8]
In January, 1921, she was at Harwich, one of forty-one paid off minesweepers there.[9]
Captains
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Rudolph L. Wikner, 4 April, 1918[10][11] – 18 February, 1919[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander John A. Shuter, 18 February, 1919[13] – May, 1919
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Frank E. Woodward, 10 June, 1919 – 6 September, 1919
Someone named "G. E. Blackburn" was reportedly appointed in command on 24 May 1919, but TNA and Navy Lists have no idea who that might be.[14]
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.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 779.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 707a.
- ↑ Wikner Service Record The National Archives. ADM 240/37/536. f. 272.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 799.
- ↑ Wikner Service Record The National Archives. ADM 240/37/536. f. 272.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 799.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 27 May 1919, p. 18.
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