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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Fame''''' was one of eighteen [["E" and "F" Class Destroyer (1934)|"E" and "F" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Fame''''' was one of eighteen [["E" and "F" Class Destroyer (1934)|"E" and "F" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
| − | + | Lady Pound, the wife of [[Second Sea Lord]], Vice-Admiral Sir [[Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|Dudley Pound]] performed the naming ceremony for ''Fame'' at her launching on 28 June, 1934. Two sisters were launched the same day: {{UK-Firedrake}} and {{UK-Forester}}.{{ToL|Destroyer Launches|28 June 1934, p. 9}} | |
| − | + | ''Fame'' was re-commissioned at Plymouth on 29 April, 1935 for service in the {{UK-DF|6}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLOct35|p. 240}} | |
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| + | She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 March, 1936 for service in the {{UK-DF|6}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 239}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Fame''" nat=UK> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Fame''" nat=UK> | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Mount Haes|nick=Edmund M. Haes|appt=May, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 240}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Mount Haes|nick=Edmund M. Haes|appt=May, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 240}}|end=1 September, 1936<ref>Haes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Waldemar William Powell Shirley-Rollison|nick=Waldemar W. P. Shirley-Rollison|appt=1 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 239}}|end= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Waldemar William Powell Shirley-Rollison|nick=Waldemar W. P. Shirley-Rollison|appt=1 September, 1936<ref>Shirley-Rollison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/124/186.|}} f. 185.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 239}}|end=28 July, 1938<ref>Shirley-Rollison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/124/186.|}} f. 185.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Norman Walter|nick=Philip N. Walter|appt=28 July, 1938<ref>Walter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/136.|D7616486}} f. ?.</ref>|end=6 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Norman Walter|nick=Philip N. Walter|appt=28 July, 1938<ref>Walter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/136.|D7616486}} f. ?.</ref>|end=6 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Athos Newcome Chatwin|nick=Cecil A. N. Chatwin|appt=6 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}|end=late 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Athos Newcome Chatwin|nick=Cecil A. N. Chatwin|appt=6 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}|end=late 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Anthony Luther|nick=John A. Luther|appt=April, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}|end=12 June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Anthony Luther|nick=John A. Luther|appt=April, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}|end=12 June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRN}}|name=Roland Lindsay Boddy|nick=Roland L. Boddy|appt=12 June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}|end=11 September, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRN}}|name=Roland Lindsay Boddy|nick=Roland L. Boddy|appt=12 June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}|end=11 September, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Grant|nick=John Grant|appt=11 September, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}|end= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Grant|nick=John Grant|appt=11 September, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}|end=31 October, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|4384}}}} |
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
| − | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Fame_( | + | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Fame_(H78)}} |
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:22, 14 January 2022
| H.M.S. Fame (1934) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | H78 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyne |
| Launched: | 26 Jun, 1934[1] |
| Transferred: | 1949[2] |
| Fate: | to Dominican Republic |
Contents
Service
Lady Pound, the wife of Second Sea Lord, Vice-Admiral Sir Dudley Pound performed the naming ceremony for Fame at her launching on 28 June, 1934. Two sisters were launched the same day: Firedrake and Forester.[3]
Fame was re-commissioned at Plymouth on 29 April, 1935 for service in the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[4]
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 March, 1936 for service in the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[5]
Captains
- Commander Edmund M. Haes, May, 1935[6] – 1 September, 1936[7]
- Commander Waldemar W. P. Shirley-Rollison, 1 September, 1936[8][9] – 28 July, 1938[10]
- Commander Philip N. Walter, 28 July, 1938[11] – 6 July, 1940[12]
- Commander Cecil A. N. Chatwin, 6 July, 1940[13] – late 1940[14]
- Commander Ralph Heathcote, 10 August, 1942[15] – 14 July, 1943[16]
- Commander Robert A. Currie, 14 July, 1943[17] – April, 1945[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander John A. Luther, April, 1945[19] – 12 June, 1945[20]
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander Roland L. Boddy, 12 June, 1945[21] – 11 September, 1945[22]
- Commander John Grant, 11 September, 1945[23] – 31 October, 1946[24]
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.
- ↑ "Destroyer Launches." The Times (London, England), 28 June 1934, p. 9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
- ↑ Haes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/98. f. 98.
- ↑ Shirley-Rollison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/186. f. 185.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.
- ↑ Shirley-Rollison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/186. f. 185.
- ↑ Walter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/136. f. ?.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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