H.M.S. Whitehall (1919)

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H.M.S. Whitehall (1919)
Pendant Number: D.94 (Jul 1924)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 11 Sep, 1919[4]
Completed: 9 Sep, 1924[5]
Sold: Oct, 1945[6]

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

Service

After launch, work on her was suspended, and she only entered service in mid-1924, being assigned to the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[7]

She was re-commissioned at Malta on 3 September, 1924.[8]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 April, 1926 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

Whitehall was re-commissioned on 21 August, 1928 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

Re-commissioned in reserve at Portsmouth on 16 May, 1931.[11]

She commissioned at Devonport on 23 October, 1931 for service on the China Station with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.[12] She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 26 April, 1933 to continue this service,[13] moving onward to the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean by October, 1935.[14]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[15]

Whitehall was placed in Dockyard Control at Chatham on 20 October, 1936.[16]

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. 313.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 288.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 292.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 292.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 292.
  15. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
  17. Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/5. f. 5.
  18. Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/5. f. 5.
  19. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  22. Lane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/94. f. 94.
  23. Sheffield Service Record ADM 196/120/38. "vice Lane"
  24. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. 104.
  25. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. 104.
  26. Maunsell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/110. f. 110.
  27. Maunsell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/110. f. 110.
  28. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 Jan. 1933, p. 15.
  29. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 13 Apr. 1934, p. 26.
  30. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 292.
  31. Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
  32. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 22 Feb. 1938, p. 20.
  33. Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
  34. Halahan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/140. f. 140.
  35. Halahan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/140. f. 140.
  36. Uboat.net page on the man.
  37. Uboat.net page on the man.
  38. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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