H.M.S. Hawkins (1917)

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H.M.S. Hawkins (1917)
Pendant Number: 8A (Jul 1919)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: Dec, 1915[3]
Laid down: 3 Jun, 1916[4]
Launched: 1 Oct, 1917[5]
Commissioned: 24 Jul, 1919[6]
Sold: 26 Aug, 1947[7]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Hawkins was one of four Hawkins class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy shortly after the end of the Great War.

Service

Hawkins was commissioned on 23 July, 1919 and became the flagship on the China Station, first flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Alexander L. Duff.

She was re-commissioned for continued service on the China Station as flagship on 21 April, 1921.[8]

Hawkins was re-commissioned at Singapore on 30 June, 1923 and became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief, China Station Sir Allan F. Everett.[9]

She was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 3 February, 1926 to continue her function as a component of Fifth Cruiser Squadron and as flagship of the C-in-C.[10]

Paid off into Dockyard Control on 12 November, 1928.[11]

Re-commissioned in reserve at Portsmouth on 5 May, 1931.[12] She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 21 September, 1932 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron in the East Indies.[13]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 April, 1935.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

There seems to be some overlap in the above.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 784.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 766.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 243, 244.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 244.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 244.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 245.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 245.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 248.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 783.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 232.
  18. Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 232.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 244.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 244.
  21. Lake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/415. f. 475.
  22. Day of month taken from Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
  23. Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
  24. Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
  25. Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  26. Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
  27. Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
  28. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/139. f. 504.
  29. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/139. f. 504.
  30. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, February 27, 1932, Issue 46068, p.21.
  31. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 245.
  32. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  33. Sitwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/192. f. 193.
  34. Sitwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/192. f. 193.
  35. Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
  36. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 247.
  37. Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
  38. Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
  39. Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
  40. Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
  41. Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
  42. Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/23. f. 23.
  43. Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/23. f. 23.
  44. Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
  45. Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
  46. "Training Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 Aug. 1938, p. 21.
  47. Rotherham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/3. f. 3.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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