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Revision as of 20:21, 30 June 2016
H.M.S. Wolverine (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.78 (Jul 1920)[1] |
Builder: | J. S. 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.
Service
Commissioned at Devonport on 23 June, 1920.[8]
Equipment
In 1923, she was one of five destroyers and flotilla leader types to be given new, opalescent glass dials with 16 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."[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander John M. Porter, 18 June, 1920[10][11] – 3 May, 1922[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederick A. Richardson, April, 1922[13]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 314.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1923. p. 136.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
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