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==Captains== | ==Captains== |
Revision as of 16:17, 22 April 2018
H.M.S. Witch (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | G.A6 (1920)[1] |
Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[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]
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 April, 1926 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]
Re-commissioned on 21 August, 1928 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]
Re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 15 May, 1931,[10] and commissioned there again on 22 November, 1931.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles R. Peploe, 4 February, 1924[12] – August, 1925
- Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Kerr, 13 July, 1925[13] – 22 April, 1926[14]
- Commander Augustine W. S. Agar, 22 April, 1926[15] – 1927
- Commander Eric P. Vivian, 10 September, 1927[16] – September, 1929
- Lieutenant in Command William G. Davis, 9 April, 1928[17]
- Commander Lawrence F. N. Ommanney, 14 February, 1932[18] – April, 1933
- Commander Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee, 1934[19] – January, 1936[20]
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. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ 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. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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