H.M.S. Walrus (1917)

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H.M.S. Walrus (1917)
Pendant Number: G.17 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 27 Dec, 1917[4]
Completed: 8 Mar, 1918[5]
Commissioned: 5 Feb, 1918[6]
Stranded: 12 Feb, 1938[7]
Fate: Sold & scrapped[8]

H.M.S. Walrus was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

Walrus was commissioned on 5 February, 1918.[9]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 6 June, 1924 to serve with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

She was to arrive at Sheerness from the Mediterranean on 8 November 1926 for a re-tubing refit.[11]

Walrus was re-commissioned under the command of Robert Alexander Cassidi at the Nore on 5 April, 1927 to serve with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[12]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 11 June, 1929 for continued service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[13]

The ship was re-commissioned in Reserve on 30 November, 1932 and was assigned to the Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 897.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 897.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 287.
  11. "Flotilla Items." The Times (London, England), Monday, November 1, 1926, Issue 44417, p.24.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 286.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 286.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 290.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 897.
  16. Nicol Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/133. f. 144.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 841.
  18. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 287.
  20. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 287.
  22. Cassidi Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/51. f. ?. Year here MAY be 1925.
  23. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 286.
  24. Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  25. Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  26. Lloyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/147. f. 147.
  27. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 286.
  28. Lloyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/147. f. 147.
  29. Rolfe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/113. f. 113. Actual date of command appointment undated.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 286.
  31. Rolfe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/113. f. 113.
  32. Younghusband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/76. f. 76.
  33. Younghusband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/76. f. 76.

Bibliography


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