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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edwin Anderson Homan|nick=Edwin A. Homan|appt=14 June, 1918{{NLNov20|p. 898}}|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edwin Anderson Homan|nick=Edwin A. Homan|appt=14 June, 1918<ref>Homan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/185.|D7603892}} f. 390.</ref>{{NLNov20|p. 898}}|end=15 November, 1920<ref>Homan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/185.|D7603892}} f. 390.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip George Wodehouse|nick=Philip G. Wodehouse|appt=15 November, 1920<ref>Wodehouse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/110.|D7576662}} f. 56.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 898}}|end=17 August, 1922<ref>Wodehouse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/110.|D7576662}} f. 56.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip George Wodehouse|nick=Philip G. Wodehouse|appt=15 November, 1920<ref>Wodehouse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/110.|D7576662}} f. 56.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 898}}|end=17 August, 1922<ref>Wodehouse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/110.|D7576662}} f. 56.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Hector Creswell|nick=George H. Creswell|appt=17 August, 1922<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 842}}|end=February, 1923<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Hector Creswell|nick=George H. Creswell|appt=17 August, 1922<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 842}}|end=February, 1923<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 16:02, 4 January 2017
| H.M.S. Waterhen (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | G.28 (Sep 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Palmer[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 26 Mar, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | 17 Jul, 1918[5] |
| Foundered: | 30 Jun, 1941[6] |
| Fate: | Due to bomb damage[7] |
H.M.S. Waterhen was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Recommissioned on 1 July, 1918.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Edwin A. Homan, 14 June, 1918[9][10] – 15 November, 1920[11]
- Commander Philip G. Wodehouse, 15 November, 1920[12][13] – 17 August, 1922[14]
- Lieutenant-Commander George H. Creswell, 17 August, 1922[15][16] – February, 1923[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander John B. Spurgin, 2 February, 1923[18][19] – March, 1925[20]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
- ↑ Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 898.
- ↑ Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.
- ↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
- ↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
- ↑ Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 842.
- ↑ Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
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