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Revision as of 13:42, 19 August 2016
H.M.S. Wessex (1918) | |
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Pendant Number: | F.32 (Jun 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[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
Recommissioned on 31 August, 1918.[8]
She re-commissioned with two-fifths crew at Chatham on 13 May, 1922.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Aubrey T. Tillard, 15 April, 1918[10] – 16 July, 1918[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry E. Horan, 31 August, 1918[12] – 27 September, 1920[13]
- Lieutenant-Commander Daniel H. Rainier, 29 July, 1920[14]
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
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