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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Edward Blackwood Magee|nick=William E. B. Magee|appt=20 March, 1919<ref>Magee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>|end=April, 1919<ref>Magee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>|note=temporary}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Edward Blackwood Magee|nick=William E. B. Magee|appt=20 March, 1919<ref>Magee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>|end=April, 1919<ref>Magee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>|note=temporary}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Fraser|nick=The Hon. George Fraser|appt=16 November, 1920<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 896}}|end=20 July, 1922<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Fraser|nick=The Hon. George Fraser|appt=16 November, 1920<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 896}}|end=20 July, 1922<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney|nick=Lawrence F. N. Ommanney|appt=20 July, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 840}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney|nick=Lawrence F. N. Ommanney|appt=20 July, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 840}}|end=8 April, 1924}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=8 April, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 287}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=8 April, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 287}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Louis Veresmith|nick=Noel L. Veresmith|appt=13 January, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 286}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Louis Veresmith|nick=Noel L. Veresmith|appt=13 January, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 286}}|end=}} | ||
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| H.M.S. Walker (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | G.22 (Jan 1918) G.08 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Denny[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 29 Nov, 1917[4] |
| Completed: | 12 Feb, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | 15 Mar, 1946[6] |
H.M.S. Walker was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Walker joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla in February, 1918[7] and
In 1918, Tormentor collided with Walker, and Tormentor's Lieutenant-Commander Percy John Helyar was told to be more careful in future.
Walker remained with 11 D.F. until it was disbanded in March, 1919, at which point she was allocated along with the Eleventh's other "V"s and "W"s to the newly-fashioned First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 9 December, 1920.[9]
Walker was re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 May, 1923. By March 1925, she was working with the First Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Edmond J. G. Mackinnon, 5 January, 1918[11][12] – 25 October, 1918[13]
- Commander Henry C. Rawlings, 25 October, 1918[14] (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Ambrose T. N. Abbay, 22 January, 1919[15][16] – 16 November, 1920[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander William E. B. Magee, 20 March, 1919[18] – April, 1919[19] (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander The Hon. George Fraser, 16 November, 1920[20][21] – 20 July, 1922[22]
- Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence F. N. Ommanney, 20 July, 1922[23] – 8 April, 1924
- Lieutenant-Commander Eric P. Vivian, 8 April, 1924[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander Noel L. Veresmith, 13 January, 1925[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ralph B. Gossage, 30 October, 1926[26] – 14 December, 1928[27]
- Lieutenant-Commander Guy B. Amery-Parkes, 14 December, 1928[28]
- Commander Henry J. Haynes, 10 September, 1938 – 27 October, 1938
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. 312.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 896.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 941.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 896.
- ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
- ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
- ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
- ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 896.
- ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 840.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 286.
- ↑ Gossage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/95. f. 95.
- ↑ Gossage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/95. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 286.
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