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==Service==
 
==Service==
Commissioned at Devonport on 15 May, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 217}}
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''Basilisk'' commissioned at Devonport on 15 May, 1931 for service with the {{UK-DF|4}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJan33|p. 216}}
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 October, 1933 for service with the {{UK-DF|4}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLOct35|p. 217}}
  
 
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 22 September, 1936 under the command of [[Edward Dangerfield]] for service with the {{UK-DF|4}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 216}}
 
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 22 September, 1936 under the command of [[Edward Dangerfield]] for service with the {{UK-DF|4}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 216}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=2 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 217}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=2 May, 1931<ref>Bostock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/91.|}} f. 91.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 217}}|end=29 August, 1932<ref>Bostock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/91.|}} f. 91.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Dangerfield|nick=Edward Dangerfield|appt=22 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 217}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roland Frith Balfour Swinley|nick=Roland F. B. Swinley|appt=8 August, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 217}}|end=2 November, 1934<ref>De Winton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/105.|}} f. 105.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Stephen Walter de Winton|nick=Francis S. W. de Winton|appt=2 November, 1934<ref>De Winton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/105.|}} f. 105.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 217}}|end=c. December 1936<ref>De Winton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/105.|}} f. 105.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Dangerfield|nick=Edward Dangerfield|appt=22 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 217}}|end=2 August, 1938<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120.|}} f. 66.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Royer Mylius Dick|nick=Royer M. Dick|appt=2 August, 1938<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120.|}} f. 66.</ref>|end=4 March, 1939<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120.|}} f. 66.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Richard Barnes|nick=John R. Barnes|appt=March, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 260}}|end=29 July, 1939{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Maxwell Richmond|nick=Maxwell Richmond|appt=29 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4350}}|end=1 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4350}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Basilisk_(H11)}}
 
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Latest revision as of 13:00, 24 February 2021

H.M.S. Basilisk (1930)
Pendant Number: H11
Builder: John Brown & Company
Laid down: 18 Aug, 1929
Launched: 6 Aug, 1930
Commissioned: 4 Apr, 1931
Bombed: 1 Jun, 1940

H.M.S. Basilisk was one of nine "B" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Basilisk commissioned at Devonport on 15 May, 1931 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[1]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 October, 1933 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[2]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 22 September, 1936 under the command of Edward Dangerfield for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[3]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 216.
  2. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 217.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 216.
  4. Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 217.
  6. Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 217.
  8. De Winton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/105. f. 105.
  9. De Winton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/105. f. 105.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 217.
  11. De Winton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/105. f. 105.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 217.
  13. Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120. f. 66.
  14. Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120. f. 66.
  15. Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120. f. 66.
  16. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 260.
  17. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. Uboat.net page on the ship.


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