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|comp=24 May, 1918{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 313.  Date given as 1917 there, which cannot be correct}}
|builder=[[J. S. White]]{{Conways1906|p. 84}}
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|builder=[[J. Samuel White]]{{Conways1906|p. 84}}
 
|pend=G.43 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}}
 
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==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Winchester'' re-commissioned in Portsmouth on 10 January, 1927 for service with the {{UK-Vernon|f=pt}}.  Her captain would henceforth be in charge of all tenders associated with the school.{{NLJul37|p. 292}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Winchester''">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Winchester''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Lamson Field|nick=John L. Field|appt=5 April, 1918{{NLMay19|p. 944}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Lainson Field|nick=John L. Field|appt=5 April, 1918{{NLMay19|p. 944}}|end=10 May, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Forrester|nick=Henry Forrester|appt=10 May, 1919{{NLJun19|p. 944}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Fraser|nick=The Hon. George Fraser|appt=2 June, 1919<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>{{NLJan20|p. 901}}|end=15 March, 1920<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Fraser|nick=The Hon. George Fraser|appt=2 June, 1919<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>{{NLJan20|p. 901}}|end=15 March, 1920<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Archibald Anthony Lovett-Cameron|nick=Archibald A. Lovett-Cameron|appt=January, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 900}}|end=7 January, 1921{{NLJan21|p. 900}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Archibald Anthony Lovett-Cameron|nick=Archibald A. Lovett-Cameron|appt=January, 1920{{NavAppts|Saturday, January 24, 1920, Issue 42316, p.6}}{{NLDec20|p. 900}}|end=7 January, 1921}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Clarke Stewart Paterson|nick=John C. S. Paterson|appt=7 January, 1921{{NLJan21|p. 900}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Clarke Stewart Paterson|nick=John C. S. Paterson|appt=7 January, 1921{{NLJan21|p. 900}}|end=15 September, 1921}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ralph Leatham|nick=Ralph Leatham|appt=15 September, 1921|end=16 January, 1922}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ralph Leatham|nick=Ralph Leatham|appt=15 September, 1921|end=16 January, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Percival Cotton|nick=Hugh P. Cotton|appt=1 December, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 844}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Percival Cotton|nick=Hugh P. Cotton|appt=1 December, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 844}}|end=16 June, 1924}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederick C. Bradley|appt=7 June, 1924<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 289}}|end=8 October, 1925<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederic C. Bradley|appt=7 June, 1924<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 289}}|end=8 October, 1925<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Reid Peploe|nick=Charles R. Peploe|appt=8 October, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 289}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Faviell|nick=Douglas Faviell|appt=January, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 289}}|end=|note=and in command of {{UK-Vernon}}'s Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Percival Wilson|nick=Henry P. Wilson|appt=21 February, 1929|end=28 April, 1930|note=and in command of {{UK-Vernon}}'s Flotilla}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I ''Gr.''''')|name=Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster|nick=Thomas C. C. Bolster|appt=29 April, 1930<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>|end=23 March, 1931<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I ''Gr.''''')|name=Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster|nick=Thomas C. C. Bolster|appt=29 April, 1930<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>|end=23 March, 1931<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Maurice Coombs|nick=Henry M. Coombs|appt=23 March, 1931<ref>Coombs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref>|end=27 February, 1932<ref>Coombs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Maurice Coombs|nick=Henry M. Coombs|appt=23 March, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 289}}<ref>Coombs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref>|end=27 February, 1932<ref>Coombs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Howard|nick=Francis Howard|appt=27 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 293}}|end=5 January, 1934|note=and in command of ''Vernon'' flotilla}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=5 January, 1934<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|end=21 September, 1936<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|note=and in command of ''Vernon'' flotilla}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=5 January, 1934<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|end=21 September, 1936<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|note=and in command of ''Vernon'' flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Lyon Berthon|nick=Edward L. Berthon|appt=21 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 292}}|end=14 July, 1937|note=and in command of ''Vernon'' flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Norman Walter|nick=Philip N. Walter|appt=14 July, 1937|end=28 July, 1938|note=and in command of ''Vernon'' flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stuart Erskine Crewe-Read|nick=Stuart E. Crewe-Read|appt=9 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5445}}|end=January 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5445}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Andrew Morgan|nick=Robert A. Morgan|appt=January 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5445}}|end=3 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5445}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Dermod James Boris Jewitt|nick=Dermod J. B. Jewitt|appt=3 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5445}}|end=31 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5445}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Ronald Gower|nick=John R. Gower|appt=31 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5445}}|end=17 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5445}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Kenneth Lyon|nick=John K. Lyon|appt=17 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5445}}|end=late 1944{{UBAllyWarship|5445}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Winchester_(1918)}}
 
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Revision as of 08:02, 9 July 2019

H.M.S. Winchester (1918)
Pendant Number: G.43 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 1 Feb, 1918[4]
Completed: 24 May, 1918[5]
Sold: 5 Mar, 1946[6]

H.M.S. Winchester was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

Winchester re-commissioned in Portsmouth on 10 January, 1927 for service with the torpedo training school H.M.S. Vernon. Her captain would henceforth be in charge of all tenders associated with the school.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313. Date given as 1917 there, which cannot be correct.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
  8. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 944.
  9. Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 901.
  11. Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
  12. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, January 24, 1920, Issue 42316, p.6.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 900.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 844.
  16. Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 289.
  18. Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 289.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 289.
  21. Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
  22. Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
  23. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 289.
  24. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  25. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
  27. Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  28. Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
  30. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
Voyager Whirlwind Wrestler Winchelsea Winchester
  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
  Wolsey Woolston  
<– "V" Class Destroyers (UK) "S" Class –>