H.M.S. Wolverine (1919)

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H.M.S. Wolverine (1919)
Pendant Number: D.78 (Jul 1920)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1918 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 17 Jul, 1919[4]
Completed: 27 Feb, 1920[5]
Commissioned: 23 Jun, 1920[6]
Sold: Jan, 1946[7]

H.M.S. Wolverine was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.

There was an earlier Beagle class destroyer named H.M.S. Wolverine lost in a collision in late 1917.

Service

Wolverine was commissioned at Devonport on 23 June, 1920.[8]

She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

In 1923, she was one of five destroyers and flotilla leader types to be given new, opalescent glass dials with sixteen orders for their Chadburn's Torpedo Telegraphs, an increase from the 12 orders in the original design. They required new gearing to match. It was resolved that further installations of this type should occur "as soon as financial conditions permit of it."[10]

She re-commissioned at Malta on 29 January, 1927 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, which was then serving on the China Station.[11]

Wolverine was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1928 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, which was by now back in the Mediterranean.[12]

She was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 6 October, 1930.[13]

Wolverine was commissioned at Plymouth on 27 February, 1937.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 314.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
  10. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1923. p. 136.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  15. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  17. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 290.
  20. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 10, 1927; pg. 7; Issue 44475.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  22. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
  23. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
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Bibliography


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