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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Drinkwater|nick=John Drinkwater|appt=2 September, 1931|end=26 November, 1931|note=for trials}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Drinkwater|nick=John Drinkwater|appt=2 September, 1931|end=26 November, 1931|note=for trials}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Francis John Onslow|nick=Richard F. J. Onslow|appt=12 October, 1931<ref>Onslow Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/104.|}} f. 104. Date MAY be 2 October.</ref>|end=17 December, 1931<ref>Onslow Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/104.|}} f. 104.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Francis John Onslow|nick=Richard F. J. Onslow|appt=12 October, 1931<ref>Onslow Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/104.|}} f. 104. Date MAY be 2 October.</ref>|end=17 December, 1931<ref>Onslow Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/104.|}} f. 104.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Courtney Banister|nick=Gerald C. Banister|appt= | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Courtney Banister|nick=Gerald C. Banister|appt=17 December, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 293}}<ref>Banister Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/74.|}} f. 74.</ref>|end=6 April, 1933<ref>Banister Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/74.|}} f. 74.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Todd|nick=Percy Todd|appt=6 April, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 293}}|end=c. August, 1934{{ToL|Command of the Wishart|13 Aug. 1934, p. 15}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Todd|nick=Percy Todd|appt=6 April, 1933<ref>Todd Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/135.|}} f. 135.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 293}}|end=c. August, 1934{{ToL|Command of the Wishart|13 Aug. 1934, p. 15}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Devereux Belben|nick=George D. Belben|appt=10 October, 1934|end=November, 1934{{INF}}|note=invalided}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Devereux Belben|nick=George D. Belben|appt=10 October, 1934|end=November, 1934{{INF}}|note=invalided}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Derek Bathurst Wyburd|nick=Derek B. Wyburd|appt=c. September, 1936{{NavAppts|4 Sept. 1936, p. 17}}|end=|note=upon commissioning}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I''', ''Fr'')|name=Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, First Earl Mountbatten|nick=Lord Louis F. A. V. N. Mountbatten|appt=November, 1934{{NavAppts|Saturday, Nov 03, 1934; pg. 21; Issue 46902}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I''', ''Fr'')|name=Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, First Earl Mountbatten|nick=Lord Louis F. A. V. N. Mountbatten|appt=November, 1934{{NavAppts|Saturday, Nov 03, 1934; pg. 21; Issue 46902}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bernulf Henry de Clegg Mellor|nick=Bernulf H. de C. Mellor|appt=15 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 293}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bernulf Henry de Clegg Mellor|nick=Bernulf H. de C. Mellor|appt=15 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 293}}|end=}} |
Latest revision as of 13:06, 17 February 2022
H.M.S. Wishart (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.67 (Nov 1919)[1] |
Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
Ordered: | Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3] |
Launched: | 18 Jul, 1919[4] |
Completed: | Jun, 1920[5] |
Commissioned: | 28 May, 1920[6] |
Sold: | 20 Mar, 1945[7] |
H.M.S. Wishart was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.
Service
Wishart was commissioned at Southampton on 28 May, 1920.[8]
She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]
Re-commissioned on 2 February, 1926 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, this time on the China Station.[10]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 16 October, 1928 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, now back in the Mediterranean.[11]
She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 13 September 1930.[12]
Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 24 April, 1933 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[13] By October 1935, she was with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[14]
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.[15]
Wishart was re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 August, 1936.[16]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey W. Walker-Jones, 7 May, 1920[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Maxwell A. C. Ritter, April, 1922[18][19] – 15 October, 1923[20] (relieved of command following excessive drinking)
- Lieutenant-Commander Philip J. Mack, 15 October, 1923[21][22] – February, 1925[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Stephen Barry, March, 1925[24][25] – April, 1927[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Irvine G. Glennie, 8 April, 1927[27] – c. 30 June, 1928
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh M. Barnes, 15 August, 1928[28][29] – 16 April, 1930
- Lieutenant-Commander John Drinkwater, 2 September, 1931 – 26 November, 1931 (for trials)
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard F. J. Onslow, 12 October, 1931[30] – 17 December, 1931[31]
- Commander Gerald C. Banister, 17 December, 1931[32][33] – 6 April, 1933[34]
- Commander Percy Todd, 6 April, 1933[35][36] – c. August, 1934[37]
- Commander George D. Belben, 10 October, 1934 – November, 1934[Inference] (invalided)
- Lieutenant-Commander Derek B. Wyburd, c. September, 1936[38] (upon commissioning)
- Commander (I, Fr) Lord Louis F. A. V. N. Mountbatten, November, 1934[39]
- Lieutenant-Commander Bernulf H. de C. Mellor, 15 April, 1937[40]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward T. Cooper, 30 June, 1939[41] – 16 September, 1941[42]
- Commander Humphrey G. Scott, 16 September, 1941[43] – 2 June, 1943[44]
- Commander Alan F. Campbell, 2 June, 1943[45] – 14 July, 1943[46]
- Lieutenant in Command Francis N. F. Johnston, 14 July, 1943[47] – 25 July, 1943[48]
- Lieutenant in Command John A. Holdsworth, 25 July, 1943[49] – March, 1944[50]
- Lieutenant in Command Victor J. Manwaring, March, 1944[51] – mid 1944[52]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 77.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
- ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 10, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47139.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
- ↑ Ritter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/36. f. 36.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 844.
- ↑ Ritter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/36. f. 36.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
- ↑ Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 21.
- ↑ Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 21.
- ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/37. f. 37.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 289.
- ↑ Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/37. f. 37.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 289.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 16, 1928; pg. 15; Issue 44973.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 289.
- ↑ Onslow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/104. f. 104. Date MAY be 2 October.
- ↑ Onslow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/104. f. 104.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ Banister Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/74. f. 74.
- ↑ Banister Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/74. f. 74.
- ↑ Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/135. f. 135.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 293.
- ↑ "Command of the Wishart." The Times (London, England), 13 Aug. 1934, p. 15.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 Sept. 1936, p. 17.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 03, 1934; pg. 21; Issue 46902.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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