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==Service==
==Service==
H.M.S. ''Fitzroy'' served from 1920 to 1939 as a surveying ship.  In World War II, she was reconfigured to her envisioned role, as a minesweeper.


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick John Butler Gibson|nick=Frederick J. B. Gibson|appt=23 February, 1920{{NLNov20|p. 775}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick John Butler Gibson|nick=Frederick J. B. Gibson|appt=23 February, 1920{{NLNov20|p. 775}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Wills Tinson|nick=Charles W. Tinson|appt=8 December, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 775}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Wills Tinson|nick=Charles W. Tinson|appt=8 December, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 775}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Frederick Bell Woodhouse|nick=Alfred F. B. Woodhouse|appt=May, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 759}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Frederick Bell Woodhouse|nick=Alfred F. B. Woodhouse|appt=17 July, 1922<ref>Woodhouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|}} f. 28.</ref>|end=2 June, 1924<ref>Woodhouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|}} f. 28.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Horace Victor Silk|nick=Horace V. Silk|appt=2 June, 1924{{NLJan26|p. 239}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Horace Victor Silk|nick=Horace V. Silk|appt=2 June, 1924<ref>Silk Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/176.|}} f. 533.</ref>{{NLJan26|p. 239}}|end=6 January, 1926<ref>Silk Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/176.|}} f. 533.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Robertson Harvey|nick=James R. Harvey|appt=1 Mawrch, 1926<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/212.|}} f. 109.</ref>{{NLJan26|p. 239}}|end=28 June, 1926<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/212.|}} f. 109.</ref>|note=and in charge of survey}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=David Laidlaw Cowan|nick=David L. Cowan|appt=6 January, 1926<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/262.}} f. 341.</ref>|end=March, 1918<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/262.}} f. 341.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Robertson Harvey|nick=James R. Harvey|appt=1 March, 1926<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/212.|}} f. 109.</ref>{{NLJan26|p. 239}}|end=28 June, 1926<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/212.|}} f. 109.</ref>|note=and in charge of survey}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Robertson Harvey|nick=James R. Harvey|appt=15 October, 1926<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/212.|}} f. 109.</ref>{{NLJan26|p. 239}}|end=1 December, 1928<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/212.|}} f. 109.</ref>|note=and in charge of survey}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Robertson Harvey|nick=James R. Harvey|appt=15 October, 1926<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/212.|}} f. 109.</ref>{{NLJan26|p. 239}}|end=1 December, 1928<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/212.|}} f. 109.</ref>|note=and in charge of survey}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Douglas Henry Fryer|nick=Douglas H. Fryer|appt=1 February, 1928{{NLJul31|p. 239}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Archibald Day|nick=Archibald Day|appt=12 June, 1932<ref>Day Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/18.|}} f. 18.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 239}}|end=21 August, 1933<ref>Day Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/18.|}} f. 18.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Marcus Hughes|nick=Alfred M. Hughes|appt=23 August, 1933{{NLOct35|p. 240}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alun Jones|nick=Alun Jones|appt=January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 240}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCAU}}|name=D'Arcy Thomas Gale|nick=D'Arcy T. Gale|appt=21 November, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 285}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Arthur Forbes|nick=Reginald A. Forbes|appt=12 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|6506}}|end=1 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|6506}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Arthur Forbes|nick=Reginald A. Forbes|appt=12 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|6506}}|end=1 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|6506}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Joseph John Youngs|nick=Joseph J. Youngs|appt=1 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|6506}}|end=early 1941{{UBAllyWarship|6506}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Joseph John Youngs|nick=Joseph J. Youngs|appt=1 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|6506}}|end=early 1941{{UBAllyWarship|6506}}}}

Latest revision as of 13:54, 22 March 2023

H.M.S. Pinner (1919)
Pendant Number: N.98 (Jun 1919)
T.03 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Lobnitz & Company[2]
Ordered: mid 1917[3]
Launched: 15 Apr, 1919[4]
Mined: 27 May, 1942[5]
Fate: off Great Yarmouth

H.M.S. Pinner was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy. She was renamed H.M.S. Fitzroy at some early point, perhaps as soon as her completion.

Service

H.M.S. Fitzroy served from 1920 to 1939 as a surveying ship. In World War II, she was reconfigured to her envisioned role, as a minesweeper.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
  6. The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 775.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 775.
  8. Woodhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 28.
  9. Woodhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 28.
  10. Silk Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/176. f. 533.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 239.
  12. Silk Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/176. f. 533.
  13. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/262. f. 341.
  14. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/262. f. 341.
  15. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/212. f. 109.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 239.
  17. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/212. f. 109.
  18. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/212. f. 109.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 239.
  20. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/212. f. 109.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 239.
  22. Day Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/18. f. 18.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 239.
  24. Day Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/18. f. 18.
  25. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 240.
  27. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 285.
  28. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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