H.M.S. Lupin (1916)
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| Pendant Number: | T.65 (Jan, 1916) T.55 (Jan, 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | William Simons & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | Jul, 1915[3] |
| Launched: | 31 May, 1916[4] |
| Sold: | 22 Mar, 1946[5] |
H.M.S. Lupin was one of thirty-six Arabis Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
In 1919, Lupin was one of many mine-sweeping vessels tasked with post-war mine clearance. Her captain, Barry Victor Sturdee was censured after she collided with the S.S. Annie Johnson during the course of 1919.[6]
Lupin was paid off on 29 November, 1920.[7]
She was re-commissioned at Sheerness on 24 July, 1924.[8] The ship would serve in the Persian Gulf from 1924 until going to the Red Sea in October 1930.[9]
Lupin was re-commissioned at Bombay on 21 November, 1928 for service in the East Indies.[10]
She was re-commissioned at Malta on 29 October, 1930.[11]
In late 1931, Lupin returned home from the Red Sea Division to be placed in reserve, her place to be taken by Penzance.[12]
The ship commissioned at Portsmouth on 21 February, 1933 for service in the East Indies.[13]
Lupin re-commissioned at Bombay on 8 March, 1935.[14]
The sloop was commissioned at Sheerness on 17 April, 1936.[15]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Philip V. Kilgour, June, 1916 – 9 June, 1916[Inference]
- Captain Lionel G. Preston, 9 June, 1916[16][17] – February, 1917[18] (and as Captain-in-Charge of Fleet Minesweepers)
- Captain Hugh S. Currey, 1 February, 1917[19][20] – 8 November, 1918[21]
- Acting Commander Richard J. R. Scott, 8 November, 1918[22] – 6 December, 1918
- Lieutenant-Commander Barry V. Sturdee, 6 December, 1918[23] – 30 April, 1919 (and as second-in-command of First Fleet Sweeping Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Herbert H. J. F. Teale, 30 April, 1919[24] – 24 May, 1919[25] (and as second-in-command of First Fleet Sweeping Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Barry V. Sturdee, 24 May, 1919[26] – November, 1919 (and as Senior Officer, First Fleet Sweeping Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander George C. H. Lawson, 10 November, 1922[27] – 23 November, 1922 (temporary, in charge of navigation party)
- Commander Roy N. Suter, 24 June, 1924[28] – June, 1926
- Commander Hugh F. Curry, c. June, 1926[29] – August, 1928[30]
- Commander Sir John M. Alleyne, 1 August, 1928[31]
- Captain Edward B. C. Dicken, 29 October, 1930[32][33] – October, 1931[34] (and as Senior Officer, Red Sea Sloops)
- Commander John M. Howson, 6 February, 1933 – 19 April, 1933[35] (took her to East Indies)
- Commander John Harding, 19 April, 1933[36] – 2 June, 1934[37] (vice Howson)
- Commander Terence H. Back, 2 June, 1934[38] – 23 March, 1936[39] (vice Harding)
- Commander Henry A. Rowley, April, 1936[40] – 17 January, 1938 (and as Local Fishery Naval Officer, North Sea)
- Commander Allan J. Wavish, 17 January, 1938[41] – 16 May, 1938[42]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Sturdee Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/31. f. 36.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 779.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 252.
- ↑ "Return of the Lupin." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, December 2, 1931, Issue 45995, p.6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 252.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.
- ↑ "New Sloop Commissions." The Times (London, England), Monday, October 26, 1931, Issue 45963, p.20.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 253.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 253.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 253.
- ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395xx.
- ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
- ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395h.
- ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 837.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 836.
- ↑ Teale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/241. f. 291.
- ↑ Teale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/241. f. 291.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 27 May 1919, p. 18.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 779.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 252.
- ↑ Curry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/291. f. 648.
- ↑ Curry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/291. f. 648.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 252.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. 75.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. 75.
- ↑ Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/165. f. 165.
- ↑ Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/165. f. 165.
- ↑ Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/165. f. 165.
- ↑ Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/76. f. 76.
- ↑ Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/76. f. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 253.
- ↑ Wavish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/139. f. 170.
- ↑ Wavish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/139. f. 170.
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