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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Chatham on 6 November, 1934 with the crew of {{UK-Versatile|f=p}}.{{ToL|Royal Navy|13 Nov. 1934, p. 6}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 April, 1935 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 237}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 April, 1935 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 237}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Buller Turner|nick=Cecil B. Turner|appt=6 November, 1934{{ToL|Royal Navy|13 Nov. 1934, p. 6}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernest Colin Coats|nick=Ernest C. Coats|appt=30 April, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 237}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernest Colin Coats|nick=Ernest C. Coats|appt=30 April, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 237}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4380}}|end=11 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4380}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4380}}|end=11 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4380}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}

Revision as of 17:34, 6 March 2021

H.M.S. Escort (1934)
Pendant Number: H66
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Launched: 29 Mar, 1934[1]
Commissioned: 6 Nov, 1934
Sunk: 11 Jul, 1940[2]

H.M.S. Escort was one of eighteen "E" and "F" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Chatham on 6 November, 1934 with the crew of H.M.S. Versatile.[3]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 April, 1935 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[4]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  3. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 13 Nov. 1934, p. 6.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
  5. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 13 Nov. 1934, p. 6.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
  7. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  8. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


"E" and "F" Class Destroyer
"E" Class Leader
  Exmouth  
Destroyers
  Echo Eclipse Electra Encounter  
  Escapade Escort Esk Express  
"F" Class Leader
  Faulknor  
Destroyers
  Fame Fearless Firedrake Forester  
  Foresight Fortune Foxhound Fury  
<– "C" and "D" Class Destroyers (UK) "G", "H" and "I" Class –>


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