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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==
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In July 1918, she transferred to work with the {{UK-DF|3}}, bearing her Captain (D),{{SMNLJul18|p. 15}}  ''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.{{SMNLJul19|p. 11}}
In July 1918, she transferred to work with the {{UK-DF|3}}, bearing her Captain (D),{{SMNLJul18|p. 15}}  ''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.{{SMNLJul19|p. 11}}


She recommissioned at Devonport on 3 February, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}}
She recommissioned at Devonport on 3 February, 1920.  For the next several years, she would oversee the [[Devonport Reserve Flotilla]].{{NLApr25|pp. 290, 291}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Thomas Fleetwood Pike|nick=Gerald T. F. Pike|appt=28 August, 1913{{NLDec16|p. 399''j''}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Thomas Fleetwood Pike|nick=Gerald T. F. Pike|appt=28 August, 1913{{NLAug17|p. 399''h''}}|end=3 September, 1917|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Apsley Dunbar Maxwell Cherry|nick=Apsley D. M. Cherry|appt=3 September, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 399''h''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Apsley Dunbar Maxwell Cherry|nick=Apsley D. M. Cherry|appt=3 September, 1917<ref>Cherry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/220.|D7603006}} f. 251.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 399''h''}}|end=20 November, 1919<ref>Cherry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/220.|D7603006}} f. 251.</ref>|note=and for Port Edgar Destroyer Flotilla from 9 December, 1917}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Ernest Sulivan|nick=Harold E. Sulivan|appt=1 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 945}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Ernest Sulivan|nick=Harold E. Sulivan|appt=1 July, 1918<ref>Sulivan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/250.|D7603035}} f. 283.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 945}}|end=13 January, 1920<ref>Sulivan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/250.|D7603035}} f. 283.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|3}} until 1 March, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Denis Granville Thynne|nick=Denis G. Thynne|appt=13 January, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 901}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Denis Granville Thynne|nick=Denis G. Thynne|appt=13 January, 1920<ref>Thynne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/199.| D7602985}} f. 227.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 901}}|end=13 January, 1922<ref>Thynne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/199.| D7602985}} f. 227.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport Reserve}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|nick=The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower|appt=13 January, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 845}}|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|nick=The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower|appt=13 January, 1922<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 845}}|end=4 April, 1924<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George William McOran Campbell|nick=George W. McO. Campbell|appt=4 April, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 290}}|end=|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George William McOran Campbell|nick=George W. McO. Campbell|appt=4 April, 1924<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 290}}|end=26 August, 1924<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=26 August, 1924<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=26 August, 1924<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 18:28, 18 October 2017

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. For the next several years, she would oversee the Devonport Reserve Flotilla.[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. (April, 1925). pp. 290, 291.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399h.
  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. ↑ Thynne Service Record. The National Archives. D7602985 ADM 196/44/199. f. 227.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  22. ↑ Thynne Service Record. The National Archives. D7602985 ADM 196/44/199. f. 227.
  23. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 845.
  25. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  26. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  28. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  29. ↑ 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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