H.M.S. Meynell (1917)
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| H.M.S. Meynell (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 495[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.7C (Jun 1918)[2] |
| Builder: | D. & W. Henderson & Company[3] |
| Ordered: | mid 1916[4] |
| Launched: | 7 Feb, 1917[5] |
| Commissioned: | 1917[6] |
| Sold: | 1922[7] |
H.M.S. Meynell was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
There was an escort destroyer of the same name launched in 1940.
Service
Meynell paid off on 17 September, 1919.[8]
In January, 1921, she was at Harwich, one of forty-one paid off minesweepers there.[9]
Captains
- Lieutenant in Command Stafford H. Dillon, 29 March, 1917[10] – 30 April, 1918
- Acting Captain Hugh Seymour, May, 1918[11][12] – November, 1919 (and in command of Third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "C" denotes Code pendant here. p. 112.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 811.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 707a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395q.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/56. f. 56.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 846.
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