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Revision as of 09:26, 9 March 2018
| H.M.S. Wolsey (1918) | |
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| Pendant Number: | G.40 (Jun 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Thornycroft[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 16 Mar, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | 14 May, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | 4 Mar, 1947[6] |
H.M.S. Wolsey was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Wolsey was re-commissioned on 8 September, 1920.[7]
She completed to Full Complement on 19 February, 1925.[8]
Reduced to Reserve at Malta on 31 July, 1925.[9]
Commissioned at Malta on 11 June, 1926. In mid-1927, she had no clear captain, but Lieutenant George Edward Cameron Wood was the senior officer in the Navy List for her.[10]
She was commissioned at Malta on 5 March, 1931 to serve with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander John O. Barron, 18 April, 1918[12][13] – 1 March, 1921[14]
- Commander Hamilton C. Allen, 11 January, 1921[15][16] – c. mid July, 1921[17]
- Commander Cecil R. Hemans, 14 July, 1921[18] – 4 January, 1922[19]
- Commander Francis H. G. Walker, 4 January, 1922[20] – 10 November, 1922[21]
- Commander Henry E. Horan, 10 November, 1922[22] – February, 1924[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander John E. Phayre, 9 February, 1924[24] – July, 1924[25][26]
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Harvey, 19 February, 1925[27] – c. late March, 1925[Inference] (temporary, for Fleet Exercises)
- Lieutenant-Commander Cyril J. H. Hill, 1926 – 1927
- Captain Ion B. B. Tower, December, 1930 – 28 April, 1931
- Commander Charles M. Blackman, June, 1931[28]
- Captain Frederick H. Taylor, 11 September, 1932 – 19 December, 1932 (and as Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain Ronald W. Blacklock, 19 December, 1932 – May, 1933 (and as Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ Barron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/10. f. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 901.
- ↑ Barron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/10. f. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
- ↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 845.
- ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/5. f. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
- ↑ Phayre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/47. f. 47.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
Bibliography
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