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She reduced to Special Reserve complement at Devonport on 2 May, 1931,{{NLJul31|p. 291}} but was completed to full complement on 7 December for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJan33|p. 294}}
She reduced to Special Reserve complement at Devonport on 2 May, 1931,{{NLJul31|p. 291}} but was completed to full complement on 7 December for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJan33|p. 294}}
Re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 2 April, 1934 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul34|p. 294}}
Commissioned at Devonport on 13 January, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 294}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Colclough Allen|nick=Hamilton C. Allen|appt=5 November, 1922<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=1 October, 1923<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Colclough Allen|nick=Hamilton C. Allen|appt=5 November, 1922<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=1 October, 1923<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I ''Gr.''''')|name=Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster|nick=Thomas C. C. Bolster|appt=5 October, 1923<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 291}}|end=9 February, 1925<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I''', ''Gr.'')|name=Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster|nick=Thomas C. C. Bolster|appt=5 October, 1923<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 291}}|end=9 February, 1925<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=9 February, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 291}}<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>|end=1 April, 1926<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=9 February, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 291}}<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>|end=1 April, 1926<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=30 June, 1928<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=15 August, 1928<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=30 June, 1928<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=15 August, 1928<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Jack Grant Bickford|nick=Jack G. Bickford|appt=15 August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 291}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Jack Grant Bickford|nick=Jack G. Bickford|appt=15 August, 1928<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 291}}|end=25 August, 1930<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I ''Gr''''')|name=Richard Cyril Vesey Ross|nick=Richard C. V. Ross|appt=14 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 294}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=c. August, 1930<ref>Bostock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/91.|}} f. 91.</ref>|end=2 May, 1931<ref>Bostock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/91.|}} f. 91.  Possibly 15 August.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=St. John Aldrich Micklethwait|nick=St. John A. Micklethwait|appt=14 November, 1931<ref>Micklethwait Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/148/229.|D8126028}} f. ?.</ref>|end=December, 1931<ref>Micklethwait Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/148/229.|D8126028}} f. ?.</ref>|note=transferred out to {{UK-1Sirdar}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I''', ''Gr.'')|name=Richard Cyril Vesey Ross|nick=Richard C. V. Ross|appt=14 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 294}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Roger Caton Beckett|nick=Roger C. Beckett|appt=10 March, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 294}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Albert Gibbs|nick=Edward A. Gibbs|appt=13 January, 1936{{NavAppts|Thursday, Jan 09, 1936; pg. 21; Issue 47267}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Philip Alexis Cartwright|nick=Philip A. Cartwright|appt=22 March, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 293}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Philip Somerville|nick=Philip Somerville|appt=c. April, 1938{{NavAppts|Monday, April 4, 1938, Issue 47960, p.25}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Halford Selby|nick=William H. Selby|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4253}}|end=13 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4253}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Thomas Armstrong|nick=Harold T. Armstrong|appt=13 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4253}}|end=30 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4253}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick William George Harker|nick=Frederick W. G. Harker|appt=30 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4253}}|end=27 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4253}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost under his command}}
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Latest revision as of 15:04, 24 February 2021

H.M.S. Wren (1919)
Pendant Number: D.88 (Feb 1923)[1]
Builder: Yarrow & Company[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 11 Nov, 1919[4]
Completed: 27 Jan, 1923[5]
Sunk: 27 Jul, 1940[6]
Fate: Air attack off Aldeburgh[7]

H.M.S. Wren was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.

Service

After being launched, work was suspended and Wren was not readied for commissioning until early 1923.

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 October, 1923 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]

Re-commissioned on 21 August, 1928 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

She reduced to Special Reserve complement at Devonport on 2 May, 1931,[10] but was completed to full complement on 7 December for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[11]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 2 April, 1934 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[12]

Commissioned at Devonport on 13 January, 1937.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 291.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 291.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 294.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 294.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 294.
  14. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  15. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  16. ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 291.
  18. ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 291.
  20. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  21. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  22. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  23. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  24. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.
  26. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  27. ↑ Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
  28. ↑ Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91. Possibly 15 August.
  29. ↑ Micklethwait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/229. f. ?.
  30. ↑ Micklethwait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/229. f. ?.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 294.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 294.
  33. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jan 09, 1936; pg. 21; Issue 47267.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  35. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, April 4, 1938, Issue 47960, p.25.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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