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|launch=30 Mar, 1916{{DittColl|p. 94}} | |launch=30 Mar, 1916{{DittColl|p. 94}} | ||
|builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 94}} | |builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 94}} | ||
|fate=Lost | |fate=Lost | ||
|pend=T.64 (Jan, 1916)<br>T.24 (Jan, 1918){{DittColl|p. 94}} | |pend=T.64 (Jan, 1916)<br>T.24 (Jan, 1918){{DittColl|p. 94}} | ||
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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Cornflower'' was re-commissioned at Malta on 2 March, 1925.{{NLApr25|p. 228}} | |||
''Cornflower'' paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 26 January, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 227}} She was commissioned at the end of the year, on 29 December, 1927 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 227}} | |||
She re-commissioned on 22 April, 1929 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul31|p. 225}} | |||
She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 16 October, 1931 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLJan33|p. 224}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Cornflower''" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Cornflower''" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Francis Besant|nick=Henry F. Besant|appt=17 April, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 392''s''}}|end=1 February, 1919|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gordon Charles Steele|nick=Gordon C. Steele|appt=20 September, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 766}}<ref>Steele Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/145/802.|D8124389}} f. 803.</ref>|end=April, 1919<ref>Steele Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/145/802.|D8124389}} f. 803.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gordon Charles Steele|nick=Gordon C. Steele|appt=20 September, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 766}}<ref>Steele Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/145/802.|D8124389}} f. 803.</ref>|end=April, 1919<ref>Steele Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/145/802.|D8124389}} f. 803.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Stanhope Rashleigh|nick=Vernon S. Rashleigh|appt=July, 1919<ref>Rashleigh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/117.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1 February, 1921<ref>Rashleigh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/117.|}} f. ?.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Leveson Granville Byron Alexander Campbell|nick=Leveson G. B. A. Campbell|appt=1 February, 1921<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}} f. 101.</ref>|ass=16 March, 1921<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}} f. 101.</ref>|end=after August, 1922<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}} f. 101.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Leveson Granville Byron Alexander Campbell|nick=Leveson G. B. A. Campbell|appt=1 February, 1921<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}} f. 101.</ref>|ass=16 March, 1921<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}} f. 101.</ref>|end=after August, 1922<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}} f. 101.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Claude Preston Hermon-Hodge|nick=Claude P. Hermon-Hodge|appt=18 October, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 742}}|end= | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Claude Preston Hermon-Hodge|nick=Claude P. Hermon-Hodge|appt=18 October, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 742}}|end=mid April, 1923}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name= | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stuart Elton Holder|nick=Stuart E. Holder|appt=13 April, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 228}}|end=March, 1925|note=superseded on recommissioning}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil C. B. Vacher|appt= | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Evelyn Twysden Wickham|nick=Evelyn T. Wickham|appt=16 February, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 228}}|end=c. November 1926<ref>Wickham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/203.|}} f. 204.</ref>|note=transferred out to {{UK-Dahlia}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil C. B. Vacher|appt=c. November, 1926<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|end=26 January, 1927<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Dahlia}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Noel Pelly|nick=John N. Pelly|appt=9 December, 1927<ref>Pelly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/27.|}} f. 379.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 227}}|end=6 December, 1929<ref>Pelly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/27.|}} f. 379.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Alan Colville Dick|nick=Hugh A. C. Dick|appt=14 October, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 225}}|end=c. 1 September, 1931{{INF}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Ford Hammill|nick=Charles F. Hammill|appt=1 September, 1931<ref>Hammill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/120.|}} f. 119.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 224}}|end=September, 1933<ref>Hammill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/120.|}} f. 119.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Wheeler Bush|nick=Eric W. Bush|appt=c. September, 1933<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/122/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>|end=April, 1934<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/122/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Latest revision as of 13:41, 22 March 2023
H.M.S. Cornflower (1916) | |
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Pendant Number: | T.64 (Jan, 1916) T.24 (Jan, 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Barclay Curle & Company[2] |
Ordered: | Jul, 1915[3] |
Launched: | 30 Mar, 1916[4] |
Lost: | 19 Dec, 1941[5] |
Fate: | at Hong Kong |
H.M.S. Cornflower was one of thirty-six Arabis Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Cornflower was re-commissioned at Malta on 2 March, 1925.[6]
Cornflower paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 26 January, 1927.[7] She was commissioned at the end of the year, on 29 December, 1927 for service on the China Station.[8]
She re-commissioned on 22 April, 1929 for service on the China Station.[9]
She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 16 October, 1931 for service on the China Station.[10]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry F. Besant, 17 April, 1916[11] – 1 February, 1919
- Lieutenant in Command Gordon C. Steele, 20 September, 1918[12][13] – April, 1919[14]
- Commander Vernon S. Rashleigh, July, 1919[15] – 1 February, 1921[16]
- Commander Leveson G. B. A. Campbell, 1 February, 1921[17] – after August, 1922[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Claude P. Hermon-Hodge, 18 October, 1922[19] – mid April, 1923
- Commander Stuart E. Holder, 13 April, 1923[20] – March, 1925 (superseded on recommissioning)
- Commander Evelyn T. Wickham, 16 February, 1925[21] – c. November 1926[22] (transferred out to Dahlia)
- Commander Cecil C. B. Vacher, c. November, 1926[23] – 26 January, 1927[24] (transferred in from Dahlia)
- Commander John N. Pelly, 9 December, 1927[25][26] – 6 December, 1929[27]
- Commander Hugh A. C. Dick, 14 October, 1929[28] – c. 1 September, 1931[Inference]
- Commander Charles F. Hammill, 1 September, 1931[29][30] – September, 1933[31]
- Commander Eric W. Bush, c. September, 1933[32] – April, 1934[33]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 228.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 227.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 225.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 224.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 392s.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 766.
- ↑ Steele Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/802. f. 803.
- ↑ Steele Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/802. f. 803.
- ↑ Rashleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/117. f. ?.
- ↑ Rashleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/117. f. ?.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 742.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 228.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 228.
- ↑ Wickham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/203. f. 204.
- ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
- ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
- ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/27. f. 379.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
- ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/27. f. 379.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 225.
- ↑ Hammill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/120. f. 119.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 224.
- ↑ Hammill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/120. f. 119.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
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