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''Witherington'' was one of 15 destroyers of the [[Modified "W" Class Destroyer (1918)|Modified W]] class.
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'''H.M.S. ''Witherington''''' was one of fifteen destroyers of the [[Modified "W" Class Destroyer (1918)|Modified "W" class]].
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==Service==
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''Witherington'' was commissioned on 10 September, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 901}}
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She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923 for service with the {{UK-DF|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 290}}
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Re-commissioned on 2 February, 1926 for service with the {{UK-DF|3}}, this time on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul27|p. 290}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 16 October, 1928 for service with the {{UK-DF|3}}, now back in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 290}}
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Re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 17 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 290}} and reduced to Maintenance Reserve on 24 June, 1932.{{NLJul37|p. 293}}
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==Equipment==
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In 1923, she was one of five destroyers and flotilla leader types to be given new, opalescent glass dials with sixteen orders for their [[Chadburn's Torpedo Telegraph]]s, an increase from the 12 orders in the original design.  They required new gearing to match.  It was resolved that further installations of this type should occur "as soon as financial conditions permit of it."{{ARTS1923|p. 136}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=21 August, 1919<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>{{NLFeb20|p. 901}}|end=19 February, 1920<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=5 February, 1920{{NavAppts|Saturday, February 7, 1920, Issue 42328, p.6}}<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>|end=12 February, 1920<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie|nick=Edward McC. W. Lawrie|appt=12 February, 1920<ref>Lawrie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 901}}|end=3 January, 1922<ref>Lawrie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Henry Hulton Sams|nick=Cecil H. H. Sams|appt=3 January, 1922|end=January, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Quintin Carter|nick=Eric Q. Carter|appt=3 January, 1923<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 844}}|end=July, 1923<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie|nick=Edward McC. W. Lawrie|appt=July, 1923<ref>Lawrie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>|end=January, 1924<ref>Lawrie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Astley Dundas Cooper Cooper-Key|nick=Astley D. C. Cooper-Key|appt=1 January, 1924<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}}  f. 15.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 290}}|end=15 January, 1926<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}}  f. 15.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edye Kington Boddam-Whetham|nick=Edye K. Boddam-Whetham|appt=15 January, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 290}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Edward Blackwood Magee|nick=William E. B. Magee|appt=1 December, 1927<ref>Magee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>|end=24 August, 1928<ref>Magee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Shuttleworth Holden|nick=Geoffrey S. Holden|appt=24 August, 1928<ref>Holden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/274.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=12 September, 1928<ref>Holden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/274.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Douglas-Watson|nick=Francis Douglas-Watson|appt=12 September, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 290}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Cecil Fryer|nick=Geoffrey C. Fryer|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}|end=4 December, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Jack Barrington Palmer|nick=Jack B. Palmer|appt=4 December, 1939{{UBAlly|1902}}|end=April, 1941{{UBAlly|1902}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William Edward Cranston Fairchild|nick=William E. C. Fairchild|appt=April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}|end=23 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Richard Horncastle|nick=Richard Horncastle|appt=23 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}|end=August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Graham Thompson|nick=Charles G. Thompson|appt=August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}|end=2 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Marcus Henry Reginald Crichton|nick=Marcus H. R. Crichton|appt=2 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}|end=19 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Basil Stewart Tennant|nick=Robert B. S. Tennant|appt=19 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}|end=mid 1944{{UBAllyWarship|5450}}}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 15:54, 10 September 2019

H.M.S. Witherington (1919)
Pendant Number: D.76 (Oct 1919)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1918 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 16 Apr, 1919[4]
Completed: 10 Oct, 1919[5]
Commissioned: 10 Sep, 1919[6]
Sold: 20 Mar, 1947[7]
Fate: Wrecked 29 Apr, 1947[8]

H.M.S. Witherington was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.

Service

Witherington was commissioned on 10 September, 1919.[9]

She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

Re-commissioned on 2 February, 1926 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, this time on the China Station.[11]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 16 October, 1928 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, now back in the Mediterranean.[12]

Re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 17 April, 1931[13] and reduced to Maintenance Reserve on 24 June, 1932.[14]

Equipment

In 1923, she was one of five destroyers and flotilla leader types to be given new, opalescent glass dials with sixteen orders for their Chadburn's Torpedo Telegraphs, an increase from the 12 orders in the original design. They required new gearing to match. It was resolved that further installations of this type should occur "as soon as financial conditions permit of it."[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  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. 76.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  15. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1923. p. 136.
  16. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 901.
  18. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  19. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, February 7, 1920, Issue 42328, p.6.
  20. Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  21. Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  22. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  24. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  25. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 844.
  27. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  28. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  29. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  30. Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  32. Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
  33. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  34. Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
  35. Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
  36. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
  37. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
  38. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
  39. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. Uboat.net page on the man.
  42. Uboat.net page on the man.
  43. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Bibliography


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