H.M.S. Windsor (1918)
| H.M.S. Windsor (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.12 (Sep 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 21 Jun, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | 28 Aug, 1918[5] |
| Commissioned: | 15 Aug, 1918[6] |
| Sold: | 4 Mar, 1947[7] |
H.M.S. Windsor was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Windsor was commissioned on 15 August, 1918.[8]
She was re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[9]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 May, 1926 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[10]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1929 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[11]
Windsor was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 April, 1931 for continued service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet under the command of Charles Taschereaux Beard.[12]
Windsor was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 4 May, 1933 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, which was now part of Home Fleet.[13]
She re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 25 June, 1936.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Arthur G. Tippet, 5 August, 1918[15][16] – 4 May, 1921[17] (and on staff of Captain Superintendent of T.B.Ds.)
- Commander Henry I. M. L. Scott, 28 April, 1921[18] – May, 1922[19]
- Commander Patrick W. R. Weir, 15 May, 1922[20] – April, 1923[21]
- Commander Arthur J. L. Murray, 3 May, 1923[22]
- Commander Patrick B. Crohan, 4 October, 1924[23] – 29 December, 1925
- Commander Henry P. Boxer, 29 December, 1925[24][25] – 9 August, 1927[26]
- Commander Ralph Kerr, December, 1928[27] – 11 November, 1929[28]
- Commander Austen G. Lilley, 5 January, 1931[29] – 13 April, 1931[30]
- Commander Charles T. Beard, 13 April, 1931[31]
- Commander Thomas H. Troubridge, 4 May, 1933[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Peter D. H. R. Pelly, 1 November, 1939[33] – 9 July, 1940[34]
- Lieutenant-Commander George P. Huddart, 9 July, 1940[35] – January, 1941[36]
- Lieutenant-Commander John M. G. Waldegrave, 1 April, 1941[37] – 13 January, 1942[38]
- Lieutenant in Command Derick H. F. Hetherington, 13 January, 1942[39] – May, 1943[40]
- Lieutenant in Command Lionel R. P. Lawford, May, 1943[41] – 4 April, 1945[42]
- Lieutenant in Command John V. Brothers, 4 April, 1945[43] – May, 1945[44]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ 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. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
- ↑ Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
- ↑ Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 844.
- ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/160. f. 159.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 289.
- ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
- ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). 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.
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- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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