H.M.S. Wetherby (1918)

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H.M.S. Wetherby (1918)
Admiralty Pendant Number: 3428[1]
Pendant Number: T.41 (Sep 1918)[2]
Builder: Murdoch & Murray[3]
Ordered: Jan 1917[4]
Launched: 2 Mar, 1918[5]
Sold: 10 Jun, 1924[6]

H.M.S. Wetherby was one of thirty-two Ascot Class paddle minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Arrived at Kirkwall on 29 August, 1919[7] and at Rosyth on 22 September.[8]

In January, 1921, she was at Southampton, one of twenty-eight paid off minesweepers there.[9]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111. See this note for more info.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  7. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Monday, Sep 01, 1919; pg. 17; Issue 42193.
  8. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 24, 1919; pg. 14; Issue 42213.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 708.
  10. Read Service Record The National Archives. ADM 240/44/369. f. 187.
  11. Read Service Record The National Archives. ADM 240/44/369. f. 187.
  12. Hay-Dillon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 337/123/160. f. 80.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1919). p. 943.
  14. Hay-Dillon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 337/123/160. f. 80.

Bibliography


Ascot Class Paddle Minesweeper
1915 Design
Ascot Atherstone Chelmsford Chepstow Croxton
Doncaster Eglinton Epsom Eridge Gatwick
Kempton Lingfield Ludlow Melton Newbury
Plumpton Pontefract Cheltenham Goodwood Haldon
  Hurst Redcar Sandown Totnes  
Enlarged, 1917 Design
  Banbury Harpenden Hexham Lanark  
  Lewes Shincliffe Shirley Wetherby  
  Minesweepers (UK) Hunt Class –>