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==Service==
 
==Service==
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 4 December, 1923.  By March 1925, she was with the {{UK-DF|9}}.{{NLApr25|p. 253}}
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''Mackay'' arrived at Sheerness with {{UK-Sportive}}, {{UK-Swallow}} and {{UK-1Splendid}} on 31 October, 1923.{{MoS|3 Nov. 1923, p. 4}}
  
Reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 31 October, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 252}}
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''Mackay'' was re-commissioned at Chatham on 4 December, 1923.  By March 1925, she was with the {{UK-DF|9}}.{{NLApr25|p. 253}}
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Re-commissioned at Rosyth as leader of the {{UK-DF|5}} with the Atlantic Fleet on 1 June, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 253}}
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The ship was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 31 October, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 252}}
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''Mackay'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 11 June, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 251}}
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She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 29 December, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 252}}
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''Mackay'' commissioned at Devonport on 4 April, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 253}}
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In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10.  Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 January, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 253}}
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''Mackay'' was re-commissioned in Reserve at Devonport on 15 June, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 253}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|appt=2 December, 1926<ref>Legge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>|end=6 April, 1927<ref>Legge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|appt=2 December, 1926<ref>Legge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>|end=6 April, 1927<ref>Legge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Harry Kay Clegg|nick=John H. K. Clegg|appt=6 April, 1927|end=June, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 226}}|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Harry Kay Clegg|nick=John H. K. Clegg|appt=6 April, 1927|end=June, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 226}}|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|nick=Lewis G. E. Crabbe|appt=June, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 253}}|end=|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|5}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frank Elliott|nick=Frank Elliott|appt=16 August, 1927<ref>Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/30.}} f. 186.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|5}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frank Elliott|nick=Frank Elliott|appt=16 August, 1927<ref>Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/30.}} f. 186.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|5}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=20 February, 1928|end=21 January, 1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=20 February, 1928<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/174.|}} f. 173.</ref>|end=21 January, 1929<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/174.|}} f. 173.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Harry Kay Clegg|nick=John H. K. Clegg|appt=|end=7 December, 1929|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}, arriving on transfer from {{UK-Montrose}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Harry Kay Clegg|nick=John H. K. Clegg|appt=|end=7 December, 1929|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}, arriving on transfer from {{UK-Montrose}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alan Ramsay Dewar|nick=Alan R. Dewar|appt=16 November, 1929<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/241.}}  f. 297.</ref>|end=10 December, 1931<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/241.}}  f. 297.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alan Ramsay Dewar|nick=Alan R. Dewar|appt=16 November, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 251}}<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/241.}}  f. 297.</ref>|end=10 December, 1931<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/241.}}  f. 297.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|1}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Balfour Cloete|nick=Edward B. Cloete|appt=10 December, 1931<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|end=December, 1932<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|1}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Balfour Cloete|nick=Edward B. Cloete|appt=10 December, 1931<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|end=December, 1932<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Ross Maxwell Johnson|nick=Frederick R. M. Johnson|appt=30 March, 1932<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/282.|D7605354}} f. ?.</ref>|end=23 April, 1932<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/282.|D7605354}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Harris|nick=Charles F. Harris|appt=2 January, 1933<ref>Harris Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/347.|}} f. 346.</ref>|end=May, 1933<ref>Harris Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/347.|}} f. 346.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|1}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Esmonde Phillips|nick=Philip E. Phillips|appt=April, 1933<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>|end=December, 1934<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|2}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Esmonde Phillips|nick=Philip E. Phillips|appt=April, 1933<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>|end=December, 1934<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|2}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=12 December, 1934<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|end=1935<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|2}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=12 December, 1934<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|end=1935<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|2}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Louis Vian|nick=Philip L. Vian|appt=June, 1939|end=26 September, 1939|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-DF|11}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Archibald Rosebery Cartwright|nick=William A. R. Cartwright|appt=24 September, 1935|end=29 June, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percival Henry Gwynne James|nick=Percival H. G. James|appt=28 September, 1938<ref>James Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/130.|}} f. 130.  Day of month is blurry.</ref>|end=9 October, 1938<ref>James Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/130.|}} f. 130.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Louis Vian|nick=Philip L. Vian|appt=3 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=26 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|11}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Graham Henry Stokes|nick=Graham H. Stokes|appt=26 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=1 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Ernest Adams|nick=Ernest Adams|appt=1 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=10 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Graham Henry Stokes|nick=Graham H. Stokes|appt=10 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=15 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric George Anderson Clifford|nick=Eric G. A. Clifford|appt=15 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=late 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Ernest Adams|nick=Ernest Adams|appt=late 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=25 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernest Colin Coats|nick=Ernest C. Coats|appt=25 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=15 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Edgar Halsey, Third Baronet|nick=Thomas E. Halsey|appt=15 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=16 September, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|16}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Piachaud Wright|nick=John P. Wright|appt=16 September, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=5 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Selwyn Victor Jephson|nick=Selwyn V. Jephson|appt=5 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=22 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=James Bogue Marjoribanks|nick=James B. Marjoribanks|appt=22 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=29 September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Selwyn Victor Jephson|nick=Selwyn V. Jephson|appt=29 September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=15 November, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Frederick Jessel|nick=Richard F. Jessel|appt=15 November, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=mid 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=James Woore Cortlandt-Simpson|nick=James W. Cortlandt-Simpson|appt=mid 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Jocelyn Stuart Cambridge Salter|nick=Jocelyn S. C. Salter|appt=June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Walter John Phipps|nick=Walter J. Phipps|appt=1 December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4283}}}}
 
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H.M.S. Mackay (1918)
Pendant Number: F.A6 (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917[3]
Launched: 21 Dec, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 19 May, 1919[5]
Sold: 18 Feb, 1947[6]

H.M.S. Mackay (named H.M.S. Claverhouse until 31 December, 1918) was one of eight flotilla leaders of the Scott class. She was not completed in time to see action in the Great War.

Service

Mackay arrived at Sheerness with Sportive, Swallow and Splendid on 31 October, 1923.[7]

Mackay was re-commissioned at Chatham on 4 December, 1923. By March 1925, she was with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

Re-commissioned at Rosyth as leader of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla with the Atlantic Fleet on 1 June, 1927.[9]

The ship was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 31 October, 1928.[10]

Mackay was re-commissioned at Devonport on 11 June, 1929.[11]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 29 December, 1931.[12]

Mackay commissioned at Devonport on 4 April, 1933.[13]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[14]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 January, 1935.[15]

Mackay was re-commissioned in Reserve at Devonport on 15 June, 1936.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 805.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  7. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1923, p. 4.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 253.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 253.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 252.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 252.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 253.
  14. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 253.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 253.
  17. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  18. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  19. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  20. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  21. Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  22. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 805.
  23. Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  24. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  25. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 780.
  27. Bailey Service Record. The National Archives. 196/47. f. 218.
  28. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  29. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  30. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  31. May be mistaken - hard to read. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  32. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  33. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  34. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 226.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 253.
  36. Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
  37. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/174. f. 173.
  38. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/174. f. 173.
  39. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.
  40. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/241. f. 297.
  41. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/241. f. 297.
  42. Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
  43. Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
  44. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/282. f. ?.
  45. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/282. f. ?.
  46. Harris Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/347. f. 346.
  47. Harris Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/347. f. 346.
  48. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  49. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  50. Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  51. Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  52. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/130. f. 130. Day of month is blurry.
  53. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/130. f. 130.
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Bibliography


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