H.M.S. Wessex (1918)
| H.M.S. Wessex (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.32 (Jun 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 12 Mar, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | 11 May, 1918[5] |
| Sunk: | 24 May, 1940[6] |
| Fate: | Air attack off Calais[7] |
H.M.S. Wessex was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Wessex was re-commissioned on 31 August, 1918.[8]
She re-commissioned with two-fifths crew at Chatham on 13 May, 1922.[9]
Wessex was re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[10]
Commissioned at Chatham on 1 January, 1929 for continued service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[11]
Wessex was re-commissioned at Chatham on 24 April, 1931 for continue her service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[12] She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attached to Home Fleet.[13]
She was re-commissioned on 25 May, 1934 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[14]
In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1. Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.[15]
Wessex was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 20 August, 1935 for duty with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[16]
She was re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1936.[17]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Aubrey T. Tillard, 15 April, 1918[18] – 16 July, 1918[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry E. Horan, 31 August, 1918[20] – 27 September, 1920[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Daniel H. Rainier, 29 July, 1920[22][23] – 17 April, 1925[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander Alastair G. Davidson, 17 April, 1925[25] – 19 May, 1927
- Lieutenant-Commander Roland F. B. Swinley, 25 April, 1927[26] – 12 July, 1928[27]
- Lieutenant-Commander Roland F. B. Swinley, 1 November, 1928[28] – 20 April, 1929[29]
- Commander Frederic C. Bradley, 26 April, 1929[30] – 30 December, 1930[31]
- Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 30 December, 1930[32] – 31 December, 1931[33]
- Commander Cecil H. J. Harcourt, 31 December, 1931[34][35] – 1933
- Commander Rory C. O'Conor, c. January, 1933[36] – 4 May, 1933[Inference] (upon her re-commissioning)
- Lieutenant-Commander John Bostock, 4 May, 1933[37] – 5 July, 1933
- Lieutenant-Commander John Bostock, 28 October, 1933[38] – 29 November, 1933[39]
- Lieutenant-Commander (I, Fr.) Thomas J. N. Hilken, 25 May, 1934[40] (transferred in with crew from Whirlwind)
- Lieutenant-Commander John Bostock, 1 October, 1934[41] – 7 November, 1934[42] (for trials)
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Gartside-Tippinge, 19 July, 1935[43] (end date not sure due to illegible Service Record)
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter R. Marshall-A'Deane, 20 August, 1935[44]
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.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 843.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 291.
- ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 291.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 291.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 898.
- ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/5. f. 5.
- ↑ Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
- ↑ Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
- ↑ Swinley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/57. f. 57.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
- ↑ Swinley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/57. f. 57.
- ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
- ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 287.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
- ↑ Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 Jan. 1933, p. 15.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 May 1933, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 26 Oct. 1933, p. 24.
- ↑ Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 291.
- ↑ Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
- ↑ Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
- ↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 291.
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