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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Penarth'' joined the {{UK-MSF|3}} in June, 1918 – initially on loan from the Clyde. | ''Penarth'' joined the {{UK-MSF|3}} in June, 1918 – initially on loan from the Clyde. Around October 1918, she moved to the [[North Sea Fast Sweeping Flotilla]], where she was under command of the formation's Senior Officer, Cdr. [[Basil Richard Brooke]]. | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Penarth''" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Penarth''" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Basil Richard Brooke|nick=Basil R. Brooke|appt=26 May, 1918<ref>Brooke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/25.|D7603732}} f. 230.</ref>|end=December, 1918<ref>Brooke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/25.|D7603732}} f. 230.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, [[North Sea Fast Sweeping Flotilla]]|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Basil Richard Brooke|nick=Basil R. Brooke|appt=26 May, 1918<ref>Brooke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/25.|D7603732}} f. 230.</ref>|end=December, 1918<ref>Brooke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/25.|D7603732}} f. 230.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, [[North Sea Fast Sweeping Flotilla]]|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Kenneth Morland Greig|nick=Kenneth M. Greig|appt=18 June, 1918|end=1 August, 1918|note=temporary, perhaps?}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Peter Alexander Crawford Sturrock|nick=Peter A. C. Sturrock|appt=December, 1918{{NLMar19|p. 866}}|end=4 February, 1919{{HepperLosses|p. 148}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel mined under his command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Peter Alexander Crawford Sturrock|nick=Peter A. C. Sturrock|appt=December, 1918{{NLMar19|p. 866}}|end=4 February, 1919{{HepperLosses|p. 148}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel mined under his command}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Latest revision as of 18:53, 3 June 2020
| H.M.S. Penarth (1918) | |
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| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 3437[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.91 (Jun 1918)[2] |
| Builder: | Lobnitz & Company[3] |
| Ordered: | mid 1917[4] |
| Launched: | 21 May, 1918[5] |
| Mined: | 4 Feb, 1919[6] |
| Fate: | in North Sea |
H.M.S. Penarth was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Penarth joined the Third Minesweeping Flotilla in June, 1918 – initially on loan from the Clyde. Around October 1918, she moved to the North Sea Fast Sweeping Flotilla, where she was under command of the formation's Senior Officer, Cdr. Basil Richard Brooke.
Captains
- Commander Basil R. Brooke, 26 May, 1918[7] – December, 1918[8] (and as Senior Officer, North Sea Fast Sweeping Flotilla)
- Lieutenant in Command Kenneth M. Greig, 18 June, 1918 – 1 August, 1918 (temporary, perhaps?)
- Lieutenant in Command Peter A. C. Sturrock, December, 1918[9] – 4 February, 1919[10] (killed when vessel mined under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
- ↑ Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 866.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 148.
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