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Re-commissioned at Chatham on 24 April, 1931 for continue her service with the {{UK-DF|6}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJul31|p. 288}} She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attacked to Home Fleet.{{NLJan33|p. 291}} | Re-commissioned at Chatham on 24 April, 1931 for continue her service with the {{UK-DF|6}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJul31|p. 288}} She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attacked to Home Fleet.{{NLJan33|p. 291}} | ||
Re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 291}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 15:51, 17 July 2018
| 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]
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 attacked to Home Fleet.[13]
Re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1936.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Aubrey T. Tillard, 15 April, 1918[15] – 16 July, 1918[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry E. Horan, 31 August, 1918[17] – 27 September, 1920[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Daniel H. Rainier, 29 July, 1920[19][20] – 17 April, 1925[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Alastair G. Davidson, 17 April, 1925[22] – 19 May, 1927
- Lieutenant-Commander Roland F. B. Swinley, 25 April, 1927[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Roland F. B. Swinley, 1 November, 1928[24] (possibly continuing previous command)
- Commander Frederic C. Bradley, 26 April, 1929[25] – 30 December, 1930[26]
- Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 30 December, 1930[27]
- Commander Cecil H. J. Harcourt, 31 December, 1931[28]
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, 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
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