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Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
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− | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Reid Peploe|nick=Charles R. Peploe|appt=4 February, 1924{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Reid Peploe|nick=Charles R. Peploe|appt=4 February, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 289}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=13 July, 1925<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=22 April, 1926<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=13 July, 1925<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=22 April, 1926<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney|nick=Lawrence F. N. Ommanney|appt=14 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 293}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney|nick=Lawrence F. N. Ommanney|appt=14 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 293}}|end=}} |
Revision as of 09:54, 11 July 2017
H.M.S. Witch (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | G.A6 (1920)[1] |
Builder: | Thornycroft[2] |
Ordered: | Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3] |
Launched: | 11 Nov, 1919[4] |
Completed: | Mar, 1924[5] |
Sold: | Jul, 1946[6] |
H.M.S. Witch was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.
Service
Witch not enter service until March, 1924.
She was re-commissioned at Malta on 19 May, 1924 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles R. Peploe, 4 February, 1924[8]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Kerr, 13 July, 1925[9] – 22 April, 1926[10]
- Commander Lawrence F. N. Ommanney, 14 February, 1932[11]
- Commander Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee, 1934[12] – January, 1936[13]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
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