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She was re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the {{UK-DF|6}} as part of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 288}}
She was re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the {{UK-DF|6}} as part of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 288}}


Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 May, 1926 for service with the {{UK-DF|6}} as part of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLFeb29|p. 288}}
The destroyer re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 May, 1926 for service with the {{UK-DF|6}} as part of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLFeb29|p. 288}}


Re-commissioned at Devonport on 27 April, 1931 for continued service with the {{UK-DF|6}}.{{NLJul31|p. 288}}  She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attacked to Home Fleet.{{NLJan33|p. 291}}
''Westcott'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 27 April, 1931 for continued service with the {{UK-DF|6}}.{{NLJul31|p. 288}}  She remained with them into at mid-1934 after that formation became attached to Home Fleet, being re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 April, 1933.{{NLJan33|p. 291}}


Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 October, 1936 for service with the {{UK-SF|4}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 291}}
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 October, 1936 for service with the {{UK-SF|4}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 291}}
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Revision as of 22:06, 23 September 2018

H.M.S. Westcott (1918)
Pendant Number: F.03 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 14 Feb, 1918[4]
Completed: 12 Apr, 1918[5]
Commissioned: 2 Apr, 1918[6]
Sold: 8 Jan, 1946[7]

H.M.S. Westcott was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

Westcott was commissioned on 2 April, 1918.[8]

She was re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[9]

The destroyer re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 May, 1926 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[10]

Westcott was re-commissioned at Devonport on 27 April, 1931 for continued service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[11] She remained with them into at mid-1934 after that formation became attached to Home Fleet, being re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 April, 1933.[12]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 October, 1936 for service with the Fourth Submarine Flotilla on the China Station.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 291.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 287.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 291.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 291.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
Voyager Whirlwind Wrestler Winchelsea Winchester
  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
  Wolsey Woolston  
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