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'''H.M.S. ''Woolwich''''' was completed to navy order as a depot ship.
'''H.M.S. ''Woolwich''''' was completed to navy order as a depot ship.  There was [[H.M.S. Woolwich (1934)|a later destroyer tender named ''Woolwich'' launched in 1934]].


==Service==
==Service==

Revision as of 18:56, 28 September 2016

H.M.S. Woolwich (1912)
Pendant Number: AC (1914)
CA (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Launched: 5 Sep, 1912[3]
Commissioned: 12 Dec, 1913[4]
Sold: 23 Jul, 1926[5]

H.M.S. Woolwich was completed to navy order as a depot ship. There was a later destroyer tender named Woolwich launched in 1934.

Service

Woolwich served with destroyers at Harwich in 1914 and then at Rosyth until the end of the war.[6]

She was with the First Destroyer Flotilla from at least July, 1914.[7] In April 1916, she started also supporting the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

In November, Woolwich was detached from supporting 1 D.F.; then working exclusively for the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

In July 1918, she transferred to work with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, bearing her Captain (D),[10] Woolwich surrendered her role as Captain (D)'s ship in March and April of 1919, and then resumed it "temporarily" until being detached "temporarily" in July, 1919.[11]

She recommissioned at Devonport on 3 February, 1920.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399h.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  7. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1916). p. 12.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1916). p. 11.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 15.
  11. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 11.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399j.
  14. ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399h.
  16. ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  17. ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 945.
  19. ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  21. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 845.
  23. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  24. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  26. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  27. ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).



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