H.M.S. Wolfhound (1918)
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| H.M.S. Wolfhound (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.18 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 14 Mar, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | 27 Mar, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | 18 Feb, 1948[6] |
H.M.S. Wolfhound was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Wolfhound was commissioned at Rosyth on 15 September, 1920.[7]
She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 22 August, 1922 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[8] She would serve with this formation through at least mid-1931.
Re-commissioned at the Nore on 21 May, 1926.[9]
Commissioned at Sheerness on 5 November, 1928.[10]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 24 April, 1931 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[11]
She was reduced to special complement on 2 June 1936 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander John C. Tovey, 2 April, 1918[13][14] – 2 June, 1919[15]
- Commander Evelyn C. O. Thomson, 30 April, 1919[16][17] – 7 July, 1919[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Terence A. F. Longford, 17 July, 1919[19][20] – 16 December, 1919[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur M. C. Stileman, 2 September, 1920[22][23] – 13 November, 1922[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederick L. Cavaye, 22 August, 1922[25] – 12 December, 1922[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward N. Mortimer, 15 December, 1922[27] – 24 November, 1923
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh B. Wrey, 24 November, 1923[28][29] – 4 May, 1925[30]
- Lieutenant-Commander Percival C. W. Manwaring, 4 May, 1925[31] – 28 December, 1927
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert A. Cassidi, 9 April, 1929 – 2 December, 1929
- Lieutenant-Commander John de C. Richards, 2 December, 1929[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward W. B. Sim, 31 December, 1931[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander William L. G. Adams, 4 May, 1933[34]
- Lieutenant-Commander Alfred C. Behague, 5 April, 1937[35]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles G. N. Graham, 31 July, 1939 – 4 September, 1939
- Lieutenant-Commander John W. McCoy, 19 March, 1940[36] – 21 July, 1941[37]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 945.
- ↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
- ↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 945.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 901.
- ↑ Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.
- ↑ Stileman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/191. f. 559.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Stileman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/191. f. 559.
- ↑ Cavaye Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/100. f. 99.
- ↑ Cavaye Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/100. f. 99.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 845.
- ↑ Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
- ↑ Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290. 2 May given here.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
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