H.M.S. Folkestone (1930): Difference between revisions

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary
Line 11: Line 11:


==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 July, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 240}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Folkestone''" nat="UK">
<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={{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>}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

Revision as of 18:10, 13 February 2018

H.M.S. Folkestone (1930)
Builder: Swan Hunter[1]
Launched: 12 Feb, 1930[2]
Completed: c. 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]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 240.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 240.
  7. ↑ Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
  8. ↑ Date not legible in his service record.

Bibliography


Hastings Class Sloop
Original Design
  Folkestone Hastings Penzance Scarborough  
R.I.M. Design
  Hindustan  
Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Folkestone_(1930)&oldid=259535"