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She re-commissioned on 10 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 899}}
She re-commissioned on 10 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 899}}
''Whirlwind'' was re-commissioned on 3 May, 1923 to serve with the {{UK-DF|1}} as part of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 288}}
She was re-commissioned on 6 January, 1926 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJul27|p. 288}}
Re-commissioned on 4 September, 1928 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLFeb29|p. 288}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 November, 1930 for continued service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJul31|p. 288}}  She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attacked to Home Fleet.{{NLJan33|p. 292}}
Commissioned in Reserve at The Nore on 25 May, 1934.{{NLJul34|p. 292}}
Reduced to Reserve at The Nore on 22 October, 1934.{{NLJul37|p. 292}}
In 1935, her bell was one of several ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested.  It attracted a price of £1-£5, and men were to apply to win one at the fixed price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Saturday, Aug 10, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47139}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=27 February, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 943}}<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=20 February, 1919<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=27 February, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 943}}<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=20 February, 1919<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Brian Cameron Gourley|nick=Brian C. Gourley|appt=20 February, 1919<ref>Gourley Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/33.|D7604788}} f. 38.</ref>{{NLAug19|p. 943}}|end=August, 1919<ref>Gourley Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/33.|D7604788}} f. 38.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Brian Cameron Gourley|nick=Brian C. Gourley|appt=20 February, 1919<ref>Gourley Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/33.|D7604788}} f. 38.</ref>{{NLAug19|p. 943}}|end=August, 1919<ref>Gourley Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/33.|D7604788}} f. 38.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Archibald Compton Salmond|nick=William A. C. Salmond|appt=August, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 899}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Archibald Compton Salmond|nick=William A. C. Salmond|appt=August, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 899}}|end=21 March, 1921|note=committed suicide aboard}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Alexander Heathcote Ouchterlony|nick=Thomas C. A. H. Ouchterlony|appt=7 April, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 843}}{{FC}}|end=April, 1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Alexander Heathcote Ouchterlony|nick=Thomas C. A. H. Ouchterlony|appt=7 April, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 843}}|end=3 May, 1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ivan Beale Colvin|nick=Ivan B. Colvin|appt=April, 1923<ref>Colvin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}}  f. 169.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 289}}|end=5 May, 1925<ref>Colvin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}}  f. 169.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ivan Beale Colvin|nick=Ivan B. Colvin|appt=April, 1923<ref>Colvin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}}  f. 169.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 289}}|end=5 May, 1925<ref>Colvin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}}  f. 169.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=1 May, 1926<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>|end=10 December, 1927<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=5 May, 1925<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=1 February, 1926<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Morell McKenna|nick=Gerald M. McKenna|appt=December, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 288}}|ass=c. February, 1926|end=6 May, 1926}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=1 May, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 288}}<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>|end=10 December, 1927<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John William Damerell Werrey Easterbrook|nick=John W. D. W. Easterbrook|appt=6 March, 1928<ref>Easterbrook Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/96/222.|}} f. 268.</ref>|end=late March, 1928{{INF}}|note=temporary, upon commissioning for trials}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I''', ''Rs.'')|name=Henry Clanchy|nick=Henry Clanchy|appt=29 March, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 288}}|end=2 December, 1929<ref>Clanchy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/180.|}} f. 180.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Stephen Walter de Winton|nick=Francis S. W. de Winton|appt=2 December, 1929<ref>De Winton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/105.|}} f. 105.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 288}}|end=30 December, 1931<ref>De Winton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/105.|}} f. 105.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Edmund Hyde-Smith|nick=Richard E. Hyde-Smith|appt=31 December, 1931<ref>Hyde-Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/193.|}} f. 192.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 292}}|end=14 January, 1933<ref>Hyde-Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/193.|}} f. 192.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roger Prideaux Selby|nick=Roger P. Selby|appt=14 January, 1933<ref>Selby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/21.|D7615819}} f. ?.</ref>|end=22 January, 1933<ref>Selby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/21.|D7615819}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas John Norman Hilken|nick=Thomas J. N. Hilken|appt=c. 1933|end=25 May, 1934{{ToL|Destroyer Change|28 May 1934, p. 21}}|note=relieved by {{UK-Wessex}}, crew went to new ship en masse}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth|nick=Michael W. Ewart-Wentworth|appt=15 June, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4252}}|end=10 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4252}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Malcolm Rodgers|nick=John M. Rodgers|appt=10 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4252}}|end=5 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4252}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:04, 3 January 2022

H.M.S. Whirlwind (1917)
Pendant Number: H.41 (Apr 1918)
D.25 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 15 Dec, 1917[4]
Completed: 28 Mar, 1918[5]
Torpedoed: 5 Jul, 1940[6]
Fate: by U-34, SW of Ireland

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

Service

Whirlwind immediately joined the Dover Patrol's Sixth Destroyer Flotilla upon commissioning in March, 1918.[7]

She re-commissioned on 10 December, 1920.[8]

Whirlwind was re-commissioned on 3 May, 1923 to serve with the First Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[9]

She was re-commissioned on 6 January, 1926 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[10]

Re-commissioned on 4 September, 1928 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[11]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 November, 1930 for continued service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[12] She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attacked to Home Fleet.[13]

Commissioned in Reserve at The Nore on 25 May, 1934.[14]

Reduced to Reserve at The Nore on 22 October, 1934.[15]

In 1935, her bell was one of several ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested. It attracted a price of £1-£5, and men were to apply to win one at the fixed price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.[16]

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. 313.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 14.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 292.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 292.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
  16. ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 10, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47139.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 943.
  18. ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  19. ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  20. ↑ Gourley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/33. f. 38.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 943.
  22. ↑ Gourley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/33. f. 38.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 843.
  25. ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 289.
  27. ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
  28. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  29. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 288.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
  32. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  33. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  34. ↑ Easterbrook Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/96/222. f. 268.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  36. ↑ Clanchy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/180. f. 180.
  37. ↑ De Winton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/105. f. 105.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
  39. ↑ De Winton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/105. f. 105.
  40. ↑ Hyde-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/193. f. 192.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 292.
  42. ↑ Hyde-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/193. f. 192.
  43. ↑ Selby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/21. f. ?.
  44. ↑ Selby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/21. f. ?.
  45. ↑ "Destroyer Change." The Times (London, England), 28 May 1934, p. 21.
  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.

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  
<– "V" Class Destroyers (UK) "S" Class –>


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