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==Service==
==Service==
Sometime, likely in 1918, ''Wrestler'' collided with the {{UK-Conqueror|f=t}}.  The destroyer's captain, Cdr. [[Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie]] was faulted for not having been on deck at the time of a course change.
''Wrestler'' re-commissioned on 1 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}}
''Wrestler'' re-commissioned on 1 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}}


She re-commissioned with reduced crew on 18 May, 1922 under command of {{LCommRN}} [[Kenneth Hector Grant|Kenneth H. Grant]].{{NLJan23|p. 846-898}}
She re-commissioned with reduced crew on 18 May, 1922 under command of {{LCommRN}} [[Kenneth Hector Grant|Kenneth H. Grant]].{{NLJan23|p. 846-898}}
She stayed under reduced crew until at least early 1929.{{NLFeb29|p. 291}}
She was commissioned for trials at Chatham on 29 October, 1930.{{NLOct35|p. 294}}
''Wrestler'' was commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 November, 1936 for service in the [[Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla]].{{NLJul37|p. 294}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=12 February, 1920<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}}|end=2 January, 1922<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=12 February, 1920<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}}|end=2 January, 1922<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Hector Grant|nick=Kenneth H. Grant|appt=18 May, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 846-898}}|end=17 April, 1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Hector Grant|nick=Kenneth H. Grant|appt=18 May, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 846-898}}|end=17 April, 1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Peter McClelland|nick=Peter McClelland|appt=10 April, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 291}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Peter McClelland|nick=Peter McClelland|appt=10 April, 1923<ref>McClelland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/51.|}} f. 51.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 291}}|end=19 August, 1924<ref>McClelland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/51.|}} f. 51.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=19 August, 1924|end=4 March, 1925}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=19 August, 1924<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/174.|}} f. 173.</ref>|end=4 March, 1925<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/174.|}} f. 173.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Wilfred Lawrence|nick=Reginald W. Lawrence|appt=2 March, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 291}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Wilfred Lawrence|nick=Reginald W. Lawrence|appt=2 March, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 291}}|end=April, 1927}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril James Herbert Hill|nick=Cyril J. H. Hill|appt=30 April, 1928|end=11 November, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril James Herbert Hill|nick=Cyril J. H. Hill|appt=30 April, 1928<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/153.|}} f. 152.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 291}}|end=11 November, 1929<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/153.|}} f. 152.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ian Reddie Hamilton Black|nick=Ian R. H. Black|appt=11 November, 1929<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/147/564.|D8125667}} f. ?.</ref>|end=c. April, 1930<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/147/564.|D8125667}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ian Reddie Hamilton Black|nick=Ian R. H. Black|appt=September, 1930<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/147/564.|D8125667}} f. ?.</ref>|end=4 October, 1930<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/147/564.|D8125667}} f. ?.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Wakeful}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth|nick=Michael W. Ewart-Wentworth|appt=24 October, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 291}}|end=1931}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Godfrey Noel Brewer|nick=Godfrey N. Brewer|appt=22 September, 1931|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Dudley Burdett Dowling|nick=Dudley B. Dowling|appt=14 November, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 294}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Ratley Courthope-Munroe|nick=Noel R. Courthope-Munroe|appt=12 September, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 294}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Philip Coleby Ransome|nick=Philip C. Ransome|appt=1 May, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 294}}|end=c. 22 February, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (A '''I''' ''Fr'')|name=Henry Graham Dudley de Chair|nick=Henry G. D. de Chair|appt=November, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 294}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Hamilton Macnair|nick=John H. Macnair|appt=1939<ref>Macnair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>|end=1939|note=to assume command upon commissioning; it is uncertain if this occurred}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edmund Neville Vincent Currey|nick=Edmund N. V. Currey|appt=21 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}|end=October 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Eric Lister Jones|nick=Eric L. Jones|appt=October 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}|end=7 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Reginald William Beecroft Lacon|nick=Reginald W. B. Lacon|appt=7 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}|end=mid 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}}}
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Latest revision as of 15:10, 8 March 2023

H.M.S. Wrestler (1918)
Pendant Number: G.31 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 25 Feb, 1918[4]
Completed: 15 May, 1918[5]
Sold: 20 Jul, 1944[6]

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

Service

Sometime, likely in 1918, Wrestler collided with the battleship Conqueror. The destroyer's captain, Cdr. Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie was faulted for not having been on deck at the time of a course change.

Wrestler re-commissioned on 1 December, 1920.[7]

She re-commissioned with reduced crew on 18 May, 1922 under command of Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth H. Grant.[8]

She stayed under reduced crew until at least early 1929.[9]

She was commissioned for trials at Chatham on 29 October, 1930.[10]

Wrestler was commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 November, 1936 for service in the Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla.[11]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 846-898.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 294.
  12. ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 902-945.
  14. ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  15. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
  17. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 846-898.
  19. ↑ McClelland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/51. f. 51.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 291.
  21. ↑ McClelland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/51. f. 51.
  22. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/174. f. 173.
  23. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/174. f. 173.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 291.
  25. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/153. f. 152.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.
  27. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/153. f. 152.
  28. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.
  29. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.
  30. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.
  31. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 291.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 294.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 294.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 294.
  37. ↑ Macnair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/62. f. 62.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.

Bibliography


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Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
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  Wolsey Woolston  
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