H.M.S. Westminster (1918)
H.M.S. Westminster (1918) | |
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Pendant Number: | F.02 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
Launched: | 1918[4] |
Commissioned: | 14 Apr, 1918[5] |
Sold: | 4 Mar, 1947[6] |
H.M.S. Westminster was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Commissioned on 14 April, 1918.[7]
She and several sister ships were re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet. This formation assignment would last until at least mid-1931.[8]
The ship was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 May, 1926.[9]
Westminster was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January 1929.[10]
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 April, 1931 for continued service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[11] She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attached to Home Fleet.[12]
Re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmotuh on 25 June, 1936.[13]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis G. Glossop, 25 March, 1918[14] – 17 May, 1920
- Lieutenant-Commander Cuthbert P. Blake, 12 April, 1920[15][16] – 1 September, 1920[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Martin J. C. de Meric, 1 September, 1920[18][19] – 29 November, 1921[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin S. Thomson, 29 November, 1921[21] – 16 May, 1922[22]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ivan B. Colvin, 12 May, 1922[23][24] – 20 March, 1923[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Leslie T. Creery Hill, 20 March, 1923[26][27] – 5 May, 1925[28]
- Lieutenant-Commander Theodore F. A. Voysey, March, 1927[29][30] – April, 1929[31]
- Lieutenant-Commander William A. R. Cartwright, 13 April, 1931[32]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 291.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1920). p. 899.
- ↑ Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 899.
- ↑ Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 843.
- ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
- ↑ Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
- ↑ Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
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