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'''H.M.S. ''Wolsey''''' was one of twenty-two destroyers of the [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Wolsey''''' was one of twenty-one [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
Recommissioned on 8 September, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 901}}
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''Wolsey'' was re-commissioned on 8 September, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 901}}
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She completed to Full Complement on 19 February, 1925.{{NLApr25|p. 290}}
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Reduced to Reserve at Malta on 31 July, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 290}}
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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.{{NLJul27|p. 290}}
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She was commissioned at Malta on 5 March, 1931 to serve with the {{UK-DF|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul31|p. 290}}
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She was withdrawn from 3 D.F. in December, 1931 and placed in Reserve at the Nore before being paid off into Dockyard Control on 25 February, 1932 for a retubing refit.{{ToL|Royal Navy|Thursday, Feb 25, 1932; pg. 7; Issue 46066}}  This was completed by the end of June.
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She commissioned at Sheerness on 2 September, 1932 and proceeded to Malta (and then Rhodes) with special complement.{{ToL|Royal Navy|Saturday, Sep 03, 1932; pg. 3; Issue 46229}}
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She was commissioned at Malta on 11 September, 1932, this time to serve with the {{UK-SF|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJan33|p. 293}}
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In 1935, her bell was one of several ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested.  It attracted a price of £1-£5, and men were to apply to win one at the fixed price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Saturday, Aug 10, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47139}}
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Reduced to Reserve at Malta on 27 March, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 293}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Wolsey''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Wolsey|f=p}}}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Wolsey''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Ouchterlony Barron|nick=John O. Barron|appt=18 April, 1918{{NLJun20|p. 901}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Ouchterlony Barron|nick=John O. Barron|appt=18 April, 1918<ref>Barron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/10.|D7603717}} f. 214.</ref>{{NLJun20|p. 901}}|end=1 March, 1921<ref>Barron Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/10.|D7603717}} f. 214.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Mansel Porter|nick=John M. Porter|appt=18 June, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 901}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Colclough Allen|nick=Hamilton C. Allen|appt=11 January, 1921{{NLJan21|p. 901}}<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=c. mid July, 1921<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Colclough Allen|nick=Hamilton C. Allen|appt=11 January, 1921{{NLJan21|p. 901}}<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=c. mid July, 1921<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Rupert Hemans|nick=Cecil R. Hemans|appt=14 July, 1921<ref>Hemans Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/47/151.|D7603858}} f. 356.</ref>|end=4 January, 1922<ref>Hemans Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/47/151.|D7603858}} f. 356.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Heathcote Gordon Walker|nick=Francis H. G. Walker|appt=4 January, 1922<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=10 November, 1922<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/73.}} f. 79.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Edward Horan|nick=Henry E. Horan|appt=10 November, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 845}}|end=February, 1924<ref>Horan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/5.|D8116637}} f. 5.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Ernest Phayre|nick=John E. Phayre|appt=9 February, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 290}}|end=July, 1924<ref>Phayre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/47.|D7605635}} f. 47.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 288}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=19 February, 1925<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>|end=c. late March, 1925{{INF}}|note=temporary, for Fleet Exercises}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril James Herbert Hill|nick=Cyril J. H. Hill|appt=1926|end=1927}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alexander Maitland Donovan|nick=Alexander M. Donovan|appt=c. February, 1927{{NavAppts|Friday, Feb 11, 1927; pg. 24; Issue 44503}}|end=|note=for passage home. He may have followed Spalding}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Meredith Stanton Spalding|nick=Meredith S. Spalding|appt=c. late April, 1927{{NavAppts|Monday, Jan 10, 1927; pg. 7; Issue 44475}}|end=|note=for passage to Malta from China}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard James Rodney Scott|nick=Richard J. R. Scott|appt=1930<ref>His service record is torn, not permitting this section to be read.</ref>|end=December, 1930{{ToL|Naval, Military and Air Force|Monday, Dec 08, 1930; pg. 18; Issue 45690}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower|nick=Ion B. B. Tower|appt=December, 1930|end=28 April, 1931}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=June, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 290}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Henry Taylor|nick=Frederick H. Taylor|appt=11 September, 1932|end=19 December, 1932|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ronald William Blacklock|nick=Ronald W. Blacklock|appt=16 November, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 293}}|end=May, 1933|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Athos Newcome Chatwin|nick=Cecil A. N. Chatwin|appt=December, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5447}}|end=16 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5447}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Henry Campbell|nick=Colin H. Campbell|appt=16 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5447}}|end=12 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5447}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Frederick Taylor|nick=Thomas F. Taylor|appt=12 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5447}}|end=July 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5447}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Sydney Alexander Cuthbert|nick=Sydney A. Cuthbert|appt=July 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5447}}|end=31 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5447}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick William Hayden|nick=Frederick W. Hayden|appt=31 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5447}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5447}}}}
 
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 08:07, 9 July 2019

H.M.S. Wolsey (1918)
Pendant Number: G.40 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[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]

She was withdrawn from 3 D.F. in December, 1931 and placed in Reserve at the Nore before being paid off into Dockyard Control on 25 February, 1932 for a retubing refit.[12] This was completed by the end of June.

She commissioned at Sheerness on 2 September, 1932 and proceeded to Malta (and then Rhodes) with special complement.[13]

She was commissioned at Malta on 11 September, 1932, this time to serve with the Third Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[14]

In 1935, her bell was one of several ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested. It attracted a price of £1-£5, and men were to apply to win one at the fixed price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.[15]

Reduced to Reserve at Malta on 27 March, 1937.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 290.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
  12. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 25, 1932; pg. 7; Issue 46066.
  13. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Sep 03, 1932; pg. 3; Issue 46229.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
  15. "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 10, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47139.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  17. Barron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/10. f. 214.
  18. The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 901.
  19. Barron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/10. f. 214.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  21. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  22. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  23. Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
  24. Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
  25. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  26. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
  27. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 845.
  28. Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/5. f. 5.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  30. Phayre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/47. f. 47.
  31. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
  32. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  33. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Feb 11, 1927; pg. 24; Issue 44503.
  34. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 10, 1927; pg. 7; Issue 44475.
  35. His service record is torn, not permitting this section to be read.
  36. "Naval, Military and Air Force." The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 08, 1930; pg. 18; Issue 45690.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
  38. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
  39. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
Voyager Whirlwind Wrestler Winchelsea Winchester
  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
  Wolsey Woolston  
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