H.M.S. Witch (1919)

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H.M.S. Witch (1919)
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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
  9. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  10. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
  12. Wikipedia.
  13. Wikipedia.

Bibliography


Modified "W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Whitehall Wren Veteran Wivern Wolverine
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Thornycroft Specials
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