H.M.S. Gainsborough (1918)
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| H.M.S. Gainsborough (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 3430[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.76 (Sep 1918) T.67 (Nov 1919)[2] |
| Builder: | Joseph T. Eltringham & Company[3] |
| Ordered: | mid 1917[4] |
| Launched: | 12 Feb, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | Jun, 1928[6] |
H.M.S. Gainsborough was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
On 25 July 1919 (1918?), the Gainsborough collided with the minesweeper Shrewsbury in Granton Roads. Both captains were found equally to blame.
Paid off 25 October 1919.[7]
In January, 1921, she was at Southampton, one of twenty-eight paid off minesweepers there.[8]
As the Central Reserve of Minesweepers at Sheerness was being merged into the general Fleet Reserve at the Nore in February 1928, it was deemed necessary to trim the fat. Gainsborough was one of ten obsolete minesweepers ordered to be placed on the for sale list, adding to a group of nine previously set for disposal.[9]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander William V. Rice, 26 April, 1918[10] – late 1918
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command John Stewart, 10 November, 1918[11] – c. May 1919[Inference]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command (temporary) Reuben Hodge, 4 May, 1919[12][13] – 14 June, 1919[14] (temporary)
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Thomas E. Coombs, May, 1919[15] – 13 November, 1919[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry R. Gordon-Cumming, 10 July, 1924[17] – 21 August, 1924 (temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
- Commander Hugh F. Curry, 2 February, 1926[18] – 23 April, 1926[19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 241.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 708.
- ↑ "Obsolete Minesweepers." The Times (London, England), Friday, February 3, 1928, Issue 44807, p.7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 797.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 797.
- ↑ Hodge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/644. f. 328.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 19 May 1919, p. 18.
- ↑ Hodge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/644. f. 328.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 798.
- ↑ Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/146. f. 146.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
- ↑ Curry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/291. f. 648.
- ↑ Curry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/291. f. 648.
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