H.M.S. Holderness (1916)
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| H.M.S. Holderness (1916) | |
|---|---|
| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 494[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.C9 (Jun 1918)[2] |
| Builder: | D. & W. Henderson & Company[3] |
| Ordered: | mid 1916[4] |
| Launched: | 9 Nov, 1916[5] |
| Commissioned: | 1917[6] |
| Sold: | Aug, 1924[7] |
H.M.S. Holderness was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
After working on mine clearance in the Baltic with the Eleventh Fleet Sweeping Flotilla, in January 1920, Holderness, Heythrop, Oakley and Cattistock were ordered to be paid off at Portsmouth and taken to Harwich to be placed in the hands of Care and Maintenance Parties.[8]
Holderness paid off at Portsmouth on 15 January, 1920.[9]
In January, 1921, she was at Harwich, one of forty-one paid off minesweepers there.[10]
Captains
- Commander Hugh Seymour, 15 February, 1917[11][12] – 17 May, 1918[13] (and for command of Third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla)
- Lieutenant in Command William N. Kingdon, 20 August, 1918[14] – 3 April, 1919[15]
- Lieutenant in Command Gerald Loe, 10 April, 1919[16] – 1 December, 1919[Inference]
- Lieutenant in Command David Wainwright, 1 December, 1919[17][18] – 12 January, 1920[19]
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.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 09, 1920; pg. 4; Issue 42303.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 787.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 707a.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/56. f. 56.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394l.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/56. f. 56.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 814.
- ↑ Kingdon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/37. f. 37.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 815.
- ↑ Wainwright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/164. f. 166.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, December 22, 1919, Issue 42289, p.17.
- ↑ Wainwright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/164. f. 166.
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