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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=13 July, 1925<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=22 April, 1926<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=13 July, 1925<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=22 April, 1926<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=10 September, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 290}}|ass=28 September, 1927|end=September, 1929}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=10 September, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 290}}|ass=28 September, 1927|end=September, 1929}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William Gronow Davis|nick=William G. Davis|appt=9 April, 1928{{NLJul31|p. 290}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney|nick=Lawrence F. N. Ommanney|appt=14 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 293}}|end=April, 1933}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney|nick=Lawrence F. N. Ommanney|appt=14 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 293}}|end=April, 1933}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee|nick=Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee|appt=1934<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bryony_(1917) Wikipedia].</ref>|end=January, 1936<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bryony_(1917) Wikipedia].</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee|nick=Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee|appt=1934<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bryony_(1917) Wikipedia].</ref>|end=January, 1936<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bryony_(1917) Wikipedia].</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 19:07, 20 February 2018
| H.M.S. Witch (1919) | |
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| Pendant Number: | G.A6 (1920)[1] |
| Builder: | Thornycroft[2] |
| Ordered: | Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3] |
| Launched: | 11 Nov, 1919[4] |
| Completed: | Mar, 1924[5] |
| Sold: | Jul, 1946[6] |
H.M.S. Witch was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.
Service
Witch not enter service until March, 1924.
She was re-commissioned at Malta on 19 May, 1924 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
Re-commissioned on 21 August, 1928 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]
Re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 15 May, 1931.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles R. Peploe, 4 February, 1924[10] – August, 1925
- Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Kerr, 13 July, 1925[11] – 22 April, 1926[12]
- Commander Eric P. Vivian, 10 September, 1927[13] – September, 1929
- Lieutenant in Command William G. Davis, 9 April, 1928[14]
- Commander Lawrence F. N. Ommanney, 14 February, 1932[15] – April, 1933
- Commander Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee, 1934[16] – January, 1936[17]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
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