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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Colclough Allen|nick=Hamilton C. Allen|appt=5 November, 1922<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=1 October, 1923<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I ''Gr.''''')|name=Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster|nick=Thomas C. C. Bolster|appt=5 October, 1923<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 291}}|end=9 February, 1925<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I ''Gr.''''')|name=Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster|nick=Thomas C. C. Bolster|appt=5 October, 1923<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 291}}|end=9 February, 1925<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=9 February, 1925<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>|end=1 April, 1926<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=9 February, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 291}}<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>|end=1 April, 1926<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=30 June, 1928<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=15 August, 1928<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}}
 
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Revision as of 14:08, 11 July 2017

H.M.S. Wren (1919)
Pendant Number: D.88 (Feb 1923)[1]
Builder: Yarrow[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 11 Nov, 1919[4]
Completed: 27 Jan, 1923[5]
Sunk: 27 Jul, 1940[6]
Fate: Air attack off Aldeburgh[7]

H.M.S. Wren was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.

Service

After being launched, work was suspended and Wren was not readied for commissioning until early 1923.

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 October, 1923 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 291.
  9. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  10. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  11. ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 291.
  13. ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 291.
  15. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  16. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  17. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  18. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.

Bibliography


Modified "W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Vansittart Volunteer Venomous Verity Wanderer
Whitehall Wren Veteran Wivern Wolverine
  Worcester Witherington Whitshed Wild Swan  
Thornycroft Specials
  Wishart Witch  
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