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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Folkestone''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Douglas Yates|nick=Gerald D. Yates|appt=1 July, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 240}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Douglas Yates|nick=Gerald D. Yates|appt=13 May, 1930<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>|end=1931<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Neville Duncan Burleigh Taylor|nick=Neville D. B. Taylor|appt=24 July, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 239}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Neville Duncan Burleigh Taylor|nick=Neville D. B. Taylor|appt=24 July, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 239}}|end=c. August 1931}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=17 March, 1933<ref>Blackman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/336.|D7863939}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1934<ref>Date not legible in his service record.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=17 March, 1933<ref>Blackman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/336.|D7863939}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1934<ref>Date not legible in his service record.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Duncan Read|nick=Arthur D. Read|appt=15 May, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 240}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Duncan Read|nick=Arthur D. Read|appt=1 July, 1934<ref>Read Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|}} f. 542.</ref>|end=c. mid February, 1935<ref>Read Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|}} f. 542.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=c. early 1935|end=mid 1935}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=c. early 1935|end=mid 1935}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilfrid Rupert Patterson|nick=Wilfrid R. Patterson|appt=1 June, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 240}}|end=14 November, 1935}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilfrid Rupert Patterson|nick=Wilfrid R. Patterson|appt=1 June, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 240}}|end=14 November, 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John George Lawrence Dundas|nick=John G. L. Dundas|appt=19 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 240}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=20 December, 1935<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/1.|}}  f. 1.</ref>|end=5 February, 1937<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/1.|}}  f. 1.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John George Lawrence Dundas|nick=John G. L. Dundas|appt=19 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 240}}|end=31 December, 1937<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/64.|}}  f. 67.</ref>|note=vice Martin}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill|nick=Charles F. H. Churchill|appt=October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}|end=12 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill|nick=Charles F. H. Churchill|appt=October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}|end=12 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=David Edward Gillespie Wemyss|nick=David E. G. Wemyss|appt=12 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}|end=19 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=James Geoffrey Clemons Gibson|nick=James G. C. Gibson|appt=19 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}|end=14 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril John Percy Hill|nick=Cyril J. P. Hill|appt=14 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}}}
 
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Latest revision as of 10:27, 12 June 2022

H.M.S. Folkestone (1930)
Builder: Swan Hunter[1]
Launched: 12 Feb, 1930[2]
Completed: 1 Jul, 1930[3]
Broken up: 1947[4]
H.M.S. Folkestone was one of five Hastings Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 July, 1930.[5]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 2 April, 1934 for service on the China Station.[6]

Re-commissioned at Singapore on 8 October, 1936 for service on the China Station.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 239.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 239.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 240.
  8. Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  9. Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 239.
  11. Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
  12. Date not legible in his service record.
  13. Read Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 542.
  14. Read Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 542.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
  16. Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/1. f. 1.
  17. Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/1. f. 1.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 240.
  19. Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/64. f. 67.
  20. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


Hastings Class Sloop
Original Design
  Folkestone Hastings Penzance Scarborough  
R.I.M. Design
  Hindustan