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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 July, 1930.{{NLJan33|p. 239}}
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 July, 1930.{{NLJan33|p. 239}}
Re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 2 April, 1934 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLOct35|p. 240}}


Re-commissioned at [[Singapore]] on 8 October, 1936 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 240}}
Re-commissioned at [[Singapore]] on 8 October, 1936 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 240}}
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==Captains==
==Captains==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Folkestone''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Douglas Yates|nick=Gerald D. Yates|appt=1 July, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 240}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Douglas Yates|nick=Gerald D. Yates|appt=13 May, 1930<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>|end=1931<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Neville Duncan Burleigh Taylor|nick=Neville D. B. Taylor|appt=24 July, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 239}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Neville Duncan Burleigh Taylor|nick=Neville D. B. Taylor|appt=24 July, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 239}}|end=c. August 1931}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=17 March, 1933<ref>Blackman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/336.|D7863939}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1934<ref>Date not legible in his service record.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=17 March, 1933<ref>Blackman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/336.|D7863939}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1934<ref>Date not legible in his service record.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Duncan Read|nick=Arthur D. Read|appt=15 May, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 240}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Duncan Read|nick=Arthur D. Read|appt=1 July, 1934<ref>Read Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|}} f. 542.</ref>|end=c. mid February, 1935<ref>Read Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|}} f. 542.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=c. early 1935|end=mid 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=c. early 1935|end=mid 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilfrid Rupert Patterson|nick=Wilfrid R. Patterson|appt=1 June, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 240}}|end=14 November, 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilfrid Rupert Patterson|nick=Wilfrid R. Patterson|appt=1 June, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 240}}|end=14 November, 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John George Lawrence Dundas|nick=John G. L. Dundas|appt=19 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 240}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=20 December, 1935<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/1.|}}  f. 1.</ref>|end=5 February, 1937<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/1.|}}  f. 1.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John George Lawrence Dundas|nick=John G. L. Dundas|appt=19 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 240}}|end=31 December, 1937<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/64.|}}  f. 67.</ref>|note=vice Martin}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill|nick=Charles F. H. Churchill|appt=October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}|end=12 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=David Edward Gillespie Wemyss|nick=David E. G. Wemyss|appt=12 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}|end=19 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=James Geoffrey Clemons Gibson|nick=James G. C. Gibson|appt=19 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}|end=14 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril John Percy Hill|nick=Cyril J. P. Hill|appt=14 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|3880}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


Latest revision as of 14:27, 12 June 2022

H.M.S. Folkestone (1930)
Builder: Swan Hunter[1]
Launched: 12 Feb, 1930[2]
Completed: 1 Jul, 1930[3]
Broken up: 1947[4]

H.M.S. Folkestone was one of five Hastings Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 July, 1930.[5]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 2 April, 1934 for service on the China Station.[6]

Re-commissioned at Singapore on 8 October, 1936 for service on the China Station.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 239.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 239.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 240.
  8. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  9. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 239.
  11. ↑ Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
  12. ↑ Date not legible in his service record.
  13. ↑ Read Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 542.
  14. ↑ Read Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 542.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
  16. ↑ Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/1. f. 1.
  17. ↑ Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/1. f. 1.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 240.
  19. ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/64. f. 67.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


Hastings Class Sloop
Original Design
  Folkestone Hastings Penzance Scarborough  
R.I.M. Design
  Hindustan  
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