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''Woolston'' was reduced to Reserve 8 August, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 290}} | ''Woolston'' was reduced to Reserve 8 August, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 290}} | ||
She | She transferred to the Reserve Fleet in Devonport on 17 September, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 290}} | ||
Commissioned at Devonport on 11 September, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 293}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Gordon Hine|nick=Alfred G. Hine|appt=11 September, 1931<ref>Hine Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|end=1 January, 1932<ref>Hine Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Gordon Hine|nick=Alfred G. Hine|appt=11 September, 1931<ref>Hine Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|end=1 January, 1932<ref>Hine Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick William Hawkins|nick=Frederick W. Hawkins|appt=September, 1942|end=October, 1943}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick William Hawkins|nick=Frederick W. Hawkins|appt=September, 1942|end=October, 1943}} | ||
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Revision as of 20:22, 22 April 2018
| H.M.S. Woolston (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.08 (Jun 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 27 Apr, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | 28 Jun, 1918[5] |
| Commissioned: | 18 Jun, 1918[6] |
| Sold: | 18 Feb, 1947[7] |
H.M.S. Woolston was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Woolston was commissioned on 18 June, 1918.[8]
She completed to Full Complement on 19 February, 1925.[9]
Woolston was reduced to Reserve 1 April, 1925.[10]
Commissioned at Malta on 8 May, 1926.[11]
Woolston was reduced to Reserve 8 August, 1927.[12]
She transferred to the Reserve Fleet in Devonport on 17 September, 1930.[13]
Commissioned at Devonport on 11 September, 1931.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Alexander S. Douglas, 8 June, 1918[15][16] – 22 May, 1919[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Desmond Maxwell, 22 May, 1919[18][19] – 14 July, 1921[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 14 July, 1921[21] – 27 September, 1923[22]
- Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 27 September, 1923[23] – 1 January, 1924[24][25]
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Harvey, 1 January, 1924[26][27] – 1 September, 1924[28]
- Lieutenant-Commander Austen G. Lilley, 19 February, 1925[29] – 1 April, 1925[30] (for Mediterranean Fleet Exercises)
- Commander Charles G. Stuart, 8 May, 1926[31] – 10 September, 1926[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Donal S. McGrath, 10 September, 1926[33] – 1927[34]
- Commander Charles G. Stuart, March, 1927[35] – 8 August, 1927[Inference]
- Lieutenant-Commander Meredith S. Spalding, 24 May, 1931[36] – c. 11 September, 1913[Inference]
- Commander Alfred G. Hine, 11 September, 1931[37] – 1 January, 1932[38] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 1 January, 1932[39] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick W. Hawkins, September, 1942 – October, 1943
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 945.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
- ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
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