H.M.S. Weston (1932)

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H.M.S. Weston (1932)
Pendant Number: L72, later U72
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 23 Jul, 1932[2]
Broken up: 1947[3]

H.M.S. Weston was one of eight Shoreham Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 21 February, 1933 for service on the Africa Station.[4]

Re-commissioned at Gibraltar on 31 August, 1935 for service in the the Mediterranean,[5] and then to the East Indies before mid-1937.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 292.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 292.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
  7. Kirkpatrick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/30. f. 29.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 292.
  9. Kirkpatrick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/30. f. 29.
  10. Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
  11. Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
  13. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/138. f. 138.
  14. Fancourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/43. f. 43.
  15. Fancourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/43. f. 43.
  16. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Shoreham Class Sloop
  Bideford Fowey Rochester Shoreham  
  Dundee Falmouth Milford Weston