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'''H.M.S. ''Wolverine''''' was one of fifteen destroyers of the [[Modified "W" Class Destroyer (1918)|Modified "W" class]].
 
'''H.M.S. ''Wolverine''''' was one of fifteen destroyers of the [[Modified "W" Class Destroyer (1918)|Modified "W" class]].
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There was an earlier [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|Beagle class destroyer]] named {{UK-1Wolverine|f=p}} lost in a collision in late 1917.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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Commissioned at Devonport on 23 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 901}}
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''Wolverine'' was commissioned at Devonport on 23 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 901}}  The ship was completed and delivered on 27 July.  She proceeded to Portysmouth to be completed with stores and then join the {{UK-DF|3}} of the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]].{{ToL|A New Destroyer|Thursday, July 29, 1920, Issue 42475, p.4}}
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She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923 for service with the {{UK-DF|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 290}}
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In 1923, she was one of five destroyers and flotilla leader types to be given new, opalescent glass dials with sixteen orders for their [[Chadburn's Torpedo Telegraph]]s, an increase from the 12 orders in the original design.  They required new gearing to match.  It was resolved that further installations of this type should occur "as soon as financial conditions permit of it."{{ARTS1923|p. 136}}
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She went into reserve at Malta and completed repairs there on 6 November 1926.{{ToL|Flotilla Items|Monday, November 1, 1926, Issue 44417, p.24}}
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She re-commissioned at Malta on 29 January, 1927 for service with the {{UK-DF|3}}, which was then serving on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul27|p. 290}}
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''Wolverine'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1928 for service with the {{UK-DF|3}}, which was by now back in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 290}}
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She was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 6 October, 1930.{{NLJan33|p. 293}}
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''Wolverine'' was commissioned at Plymouth on 27 February, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 293}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*{{LCommRN}} [[John Mansel Porter|John M. Porter]], 18 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 901}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Mansel Porter|nick=John M. Porter|appt=18 June, 1920<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 901}}|end=3 May, 1922<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Albert Richardson|nick=Frederick A. Richardson|appt=April, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 290}}|ass=3 May, 1922<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>|end=July, 1925<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/153.|}} f. 152.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril James Herbert Hill|nick=Cyril J. H. Hill|appt=27 June, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 290}}<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/153.|}} f. 152.  July 1925 given here.</ref>|end=1926<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/153.|}} f. 152.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Meredith Stanton Spalding|nick=Meredith S. Spalding|appt=29 January, 1927{{NavAppts|Monday, Jan 10, 1927; pg. 7; Issue 44475}}|end=c. March 1927{{INF}}|note=for passage to China on recommissioning}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril James Herbert Hill|nick=Cyril J. H. Hill|appt=March, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 290}}|end=November, 1927<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/153.|}} f. 152.  The month is hard to make out, but has two digits.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Creighton Collinson|nick=Alfred C. Collinson|appt=December, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 290}}|end=August, 1929<ref>Collinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Richard Guy Maunsell|nick=Frederick R. G. Maunsell|appt=1 August, 1929<ref>Maunsell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/110.|}} f. 110.</ref>|end=27 December, 1929<ref>Maunsell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/110.|}} f. 110.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=St. John Aldrich Micklethwait|nick=St. John A. Micklethwait|appt=12 August, 1930<ref>Micklethwait Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/148/229.|D8126028}} f. ?.</ref>|end=25 September, 1930<ref>Micklethwait Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/148/229.|D8126028}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Gartside-Tippinge|nick=Hugh Gartside-Tippinge|appt=6 January, 1937<ref>Gartside-Tippinge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/128.|}} f. 128.</ref>|end=27 February, 1937<ref>Gartside-Tippinge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/128.|}} f. 128.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Nigel John Crossley|nick=Nigel J. Crossley|appt=27 February, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 293}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roderick Cosmo Gordon|nick=Roderick C. Gordon|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAlly|1005}}|end=27 November, 1939{{UBAlly|1005}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Hoyle Craske|nick=Robert H. Craske|appt=27 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}|end=29 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Marjoribanks Rowland|nick=James M. Rowland|appt=29 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}|end=February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Peter William Gretton|nick=Sir Peter W. Gretton|appt=3 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}|end=November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ian Mosley Clegg|nick=Ian M. Clegg|appt=21 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}|end=June, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Marston Money|nick=John M. Money|appt=June, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}|end=9 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ian Mosley Clegg|nick=Ian M. Clegg|appt=9 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}|end=February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRNVR}}|name=Alan John McCullogh Miller|nick=Alan J. McC. Miller|appt=February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5441}}}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 19:25, 15 November 2021

H.M.S. Wolverine (1919)
Pendant Number: D.78 (Jul 1920)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1918 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 17 Jul, 1919[4]
Completed: 27 Jul, 1920[5]
Commissioned: 23 Jun, 1920[6]
Sold: Jan, 1946[7]

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

There was an earlier Beagle class destroyer named H.M.S. Wolverine lost in a collision in late 1917.

Service

Wolverine was commissioned at Devonport on 23 June, 1920.[8] The ship was completed and delivered on 27 July. She proceeded to Portysmouth to be completed with stores and then join the Third Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[9]

She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

In 1923, she was one of five destroyers and flotilla leader types to be given new, opalescent glass dials with sixteen orders for their Chadburn's Torpedo Telegraphs, an increase from the 12 orders in the original design. They required new gearing to match. It was resolved that further installations of this type should occur "as soon as financial conditions permit of it."[11]

She went into reserve at Malta and completed repairs there on 6 November 1926.[12]

She re-commissioned at Malta on 29 January, 1927 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, which was then serving on the China Station.[13]

Wolverine was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1928 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, which was by now back in the Mediterranean.[14]

She was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 6 October, 1930.[15]

Wolverine was commissioned at Plymouth on 27 February, 1937.[16]

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. ↑ "A New Destroyer." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 29, 1920, Issue 42475, p.4.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  9. ↑ "A New Destroyer." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 29, 1920, Issue 42475, p.4.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
  11. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1923. p. 136.
  12. ↑ "Flotilla Items." The Times (London, England), Monday, November 1, 1926, Issue 44417, p.24.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  17. ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  19. ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  21. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/153. f. 152.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 290.
  23. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/153. f. 152. July 1925 given here.
  24. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/153. f. 152.
  25. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 10, 1927; pg. 7; Issue 44475.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  27. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/153. f. 152. The month is hard to make out, but has two digits.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
  29. ↑ Collinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/153. f. 153.
  30. ↑ Maunsell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/110. f. 110.
  31. ↑ Maunsell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/110. f. 110.
  32. ↑ Micklethwait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/229. f. ?.
  33. ↑ Micklethwait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/229. f. ?.
  34. ↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
  35. ↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  37. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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