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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
After working on mine clearance in the Baltic with the {{UK-FSF|11}}, in January 1920, ''Oakley'', {{UK-Holderness}}, {{UK-Heythrop}} and {{UK-Cattistock}} were ordered to be paid off at Portsmouth and taken to Harwich to be placed in the hands of Care and Maintenance Parties.{{NMI|Friday, Jan 09, 1920; pg. 4; Issue 42303}} | |||
''Oakley'' paid off at Portsmouth on 15 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 817}} | ''Oakley'' paid off at Portsmouth on 15 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 817}} | ||
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Oakley''" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Oakley''" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Henry Hughes-Onslow|nick=Geoffrey H. Hughes-Onslow|appt=29 March, 1917{{NLAug17|p. 396}}|end=16 January, 1918|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Henry Hughes-Onslow|nick=Geoffrey H. Hughes-Onslow|appt=29 March, 1917{{NLAug17|p. 396}}|end=16 January, 1918|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=David Malcolmson Clarke|nick=David M. Clarke|appt=19 September, 1918{{NLMar19|p. 853}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Donald Cecil Granville Neish|nick=Donald C. G. Neish|appt=27 June, 1918<ref>Neish Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/6.|}} f. 6.</ref>|end=May, 1918<ref>Neish Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/6.|}} f. 6.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Courtenay Bell|nick=Charles C. Bell|appt=18 February, 1919|end= | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=David Malcolmson Clarke|nick=David M. Clarke|appt=19 September, 1918<ref>Clarke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/132.|}} f. 132.</ref>{{NLMar19|p. 853}}|end=18 February, 1919<ref>Clarke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/132.|}} f. 132.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alpin Erroll Thomson|nick=Alpin E. Thomson|appt=25 September, 1919|end=20 January, 1920}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Courtenay Bell|nick=Charles C. Bell|appt=18 February, 1919|end=July, 1919|note=and as Senior Officer, {{UK-FSF|3}} vice Seymour}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Raymond Benson Stewart|nick=Raymond B. Stewart|appt=July, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 853}}|end=September, 1919}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alpin Erroll Thomson|nick=Alpin E. Thomson|appt=25 September, 1919{{NLJan20|p. 817}}|end=20 January, 1920}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Bell's Service Record implies that he may have commanded until 20 January, 1920, but perhaps he ceded command to Stewart to focus on Flotilla command? | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:24, 1 April 2022
| H.M.S. Oakley (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 497[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.1C (Jun 1918)[2] |
| Builder: | Lobnitz & Company[3] |
| Ordered: | mid 1916[4] |
| Launched: | 10 Jan, 1917[5] |
| Commissioned: | 1917[6] |
| Sold: | early 1923[7] |
H.M.S. Oakley was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
After working on mine clearance in the Baltic with the Eleventh Fleet Sweeping Flotilla, in January 1920, Oakley, Holderness, Heythrop and Cattistock were ordered to be paid off at Portsmouth and taken to Harwich to be placed in the hands of Care and Maintenance Parties.[8]
Oakley paid off at Portsmouth on 15 January, 1920.[9]
In January, 1921, she was at Harwich, one of forty-one paid off minesweepers there.[10]
Captains
- Lieutenant in Command Geoffrey H. Hughes-Onslow, 29 March, 1917[11] – 16 January, 1918
- Lieutenant in Command Donald C. G. Neish, 27 June, 1918[12] – May, 1918[13]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command David M. Clarke, 19 September, 1918[14][15] – 18 February, 1919[16]
- Commander Charles C. Bell, 18 February, 1919 – July, 1919 (and as Senior Officer, Third Fleet Sweeping Flotilla vice Seymour)
- Lieutenant in Command Raymond B. Stewart, July, 1919[17] – September, 1919
- Lieutenant in Command Alpin E. Thomson, 25 September, 1919[18] – 20 January, 1920
Bell's Service Record implies that he may have commanded until 20 January, 1920, but perhaps he ceded command to Stewart to focus on Flotilla command?
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "C" denotes Code pendant here. p. 112.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 09, 1920; pg. 4; Issue 42303.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 817.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 707a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396.
- ↑ Neish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/6. f. 6.
- ↑ Neish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/6. f. 6.
- ↑ Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 853.
- ↑ Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/132. f. 132.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 853.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 817.
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