H.M.S. Whirlwind (1917)
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| Pendant Number: | H.41 (Apr 1918) D.25 (Sep 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 15 Dec, 1917[4] |
| Completed: | 28 Mar, 1918[5] |
| Torpedoed: | 5 Jul, 1940[6] |
| Fate: | by U-34, SW of Ireland |
H.M.S. Whirlwind was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Whirlwind immediately joined the Dover Patrol's Sixth Destroyer Flotilla upon commissioning in March, 1918.[7]
She re-commissioned on 10 December, 1920.[8]
Whirlwind was re-commissioned on 3 May, 1923 to serve with the First Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[9]
She was re-commissioned on 6 January, 1926 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Reginald St. P. Parry, 27 February, 1918[11][12] – 20 February, 1919[13]
- Lieutenant-Commander Brian C. Gourley, 20 February, 1919[14][15] – August, 1919[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander William A. C. Salmond, August, 1919[17] – 21 March, 1921 (committed suicide aboard)
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas C. A. H. Ouchterlony, 7 April, 1921[18] – 3 May, 1923
- Lieutenant-Commander Ivan B. Colvin, April, 1923[19][20] – 5 May, 1925[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Donal S. McGrath, 5 May, 1925[22] – 1 February, 1926[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Gerald M. McKenna, December, 1925[24] – 6 May, 1926
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Harvey, 1 May, 1926[25] – 10 December, 1927[26]
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.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 14.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 943.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Gourley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/33. f. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 943.
- ↑ Gourley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/33. f. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 843.
- ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 289.
- ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 288.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
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