H.M.S. Wakeful (1917)

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H.M.S. Wakeful (1917)
Pendant Number: F.37 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 6 Oct, 1917[4]
Completed: Nov, 1917[5]
Torpedoed: 29 May, 1940[6]
Fate: by Schnellboot[7]

H.M.S. Wakeful was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

In December 1917, Wakeful joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

She re-commissioned at Rosyth on 7 April, 1920.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  8. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 12.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 896.
  10. Binmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/202. f. 214.
  11. Binmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/202. f. 214.
  12. Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.
  13. Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 896.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 896.
  16. Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 840.
  18. Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 286.
  20. Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
  21. Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
Voyager Whirlwind Wrestler Winchelsea Winchester
  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
  Wolsey Woolston  
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