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Revision as of 22:09, 13 October 2019

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. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 286.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 286.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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