H.M.S. Duncan (1932)
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H.M.S. Duncan (1932) | |
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Pendant Number: | D99 |
Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard |
Launched: | 7 Jul, 1932[1] |
Broken up: | 1945[2] |
Contents
Service
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 April, 1933 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean, bearing Captain (D).[3]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 October, 1934 for service as flagship of the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, operating on the China Station.[4]
Re-commissioned on 11 December, 1935 for service as flagship of the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, operating on the China Station.[5]
Captains
- Captain Edward C. Thornton, 1 September, 1932[6] – April, 1933[7]
- Captain Harold T. Baillie-Grohman, 10 February, 1934[8] – c. late 1934[9] (and as Captain (D), First Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Alexander R. Hammick, 17 December, 1934[10][11] – 1934[12] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, transferring in)
- Captain Richard S. Benson, 24 August, 1935[13] – 30 July, 1937 (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Harold Hickling, 30 July, 1937 – July, 1939 (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Geoffrey R. B. Back, 8 July, 1939[14] – 2 January, 1940[15] (and as Captain (D), Twenty-first Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Jocelyn S. C. Salter, 2 January, 1940[16] – 17 February, 1940[17]
- Commander Antony Fane De Salis, 17 February, 1940[18] – 18 February, 1940[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Clive Gwinner, 18 February, 1940[20] – 12 July, 1940[21]
- Commander Arthur D. B. James, 12 July, 1940[22] – 13 February, 1941[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur N. Rowell, 13 February, 1941[24] – 25 May, 1942[25]
- Captain Hugh St. L. Nicolson, 25 May, 1942[26] – 16 December, 1942[27]
- Captain James A. McCoy, 7 August, 1942 – 4 September, 1942 (and as Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla; temporary?)
- Lieutenant in Command Bernard M. Skinner, 16 December, 1942[28] – 10 March, 1943[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Clive Gwinner, 10 March, 1943[30] – 1 April, 1943[31]
- Commander Peter W. Gretton, 12 April, 1943[32] – November, 1943[33]
- Lieutenant in Command Denis G. D. Hall-Wright, 10 April, 1944[34] – mid 1945[35]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1934, p. 21.
- ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1934, p. 21.
- ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
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