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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|nick=Roderick B. T. Miles|appt=21 June, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 214}}|end=|note=also as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|3}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Richard Guy Maunsell|nick=Frederick R. G. Maunsell|appt=27 December, 1929<ref>Maunsell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/110.|}} f. 110.</ref>|end=12 March, 1931<ref>Maunsell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/110.|}} f. 110.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter John Phipps|nick=Walter J. Phipps|appt=1 August, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 213}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|nick=Roderick B. T. Miles|appt=12 March, 1931|end=4 July, 1931|note=also as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|3}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Richard Guy Maunsell|nick=Frederick R. G. Maunsell|appt=4 July, 1931<ref>Maunsell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/110.|}} f. 110.</ref>|end=September, 1931<ref>Maunsell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/110.|}} f. 110.</ref>|note=took command upon transfer from {{UK-Codrington}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter John Phipps|nick=Walter J. Phipps|appt=1 August, 1931<ref>Phipps Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/52.|}} f. 52.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 213}}|end=August, 1933<ref>Phipps Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/52.|}} f. 52.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Langton Woodhall|nick=Eric L. Woodhall|appt=20 July, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 213}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Langton Woodhall|nick=Eric L. Woodhall|appt=20 July, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 213}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Thorn Dowler|nick=Donald T. Dowler|appt=23 July, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 213}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Thorn Dowler|nick=Donald T. Dowler|appt=23 July, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 213}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan MacGregor Sheffield|nick=Alan MacG. Sheffield|appt=7 March, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 253}}|end=August, 1939{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan MacGregor Sheffield|nick=Alan MacG. Sheffield|appt=7 March, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 253}}|end=28 May, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy James Oliver|nick=Percy J. Oliver|appt=August, 1939|end=28 November, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Jack Grant Bickford|nick=Jack G. Bickford|appt=28 June, 1939<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>|end=25 August, 1939<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Eric Glasfurd|nick=Charles E. Glasfurd|appt=28 November, 1939|end=8 June, 1940|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when ship sunk under his command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy James Oliver|nick=Percy J. Oliver|appt=August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4340}}|end=28 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4340}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Eric Glasfurd|nick=Charles E. Glasfurd|appt=28 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4340}}|end=8 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4340}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when ship sunk under his command}}
 
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Latest revision as of 19:28, 15 November 2021

H.M.S. Acasta (1929)
Pendant Number: H09
Builder: John Brown & Company
Laid down: 13 Aug, 1928
Launched: 8 Aug, 1929
Commissioned: 14 Feb, 1930[1]
Sunk: 8 Jun, 1940

H.M.S. Acasta was one of eleven "A" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captain Miles was appointed in command of the light cruiser Comus in August, 1929, and while acting as Captain (D) of the Third Destroyer Flotilla, in command of "A" class destroyers Codrington, Acasta, and Active in 1930 through 1932. On 4 April, 1932, Active and Achates collided and Their Lordships informed Miles that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."[2]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 October, 1932.[3]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 23 July, 1935.[4]

Commissioned on 4 March, 1939.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 214.
  2. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 213.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 253.
  6. ↑ Maunsell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/110. f. 110.
  7. ↑ Maunsell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/110. f. 110.
  8. ↑ Maunsell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/110. f. 110.
  9. ↑ Maunsell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/110. f. 110.
  10. ↑ Phipps Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/52. f. 52.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 213.
  12. ↑ Phipps Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/52. f. 52.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 213.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 253.
  16. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  17. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  18. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


"A" and "B" Class Destroyer
"A" Class Leader
  Codrington  
Destroyers
  Acasta Achates Active Antelope  
  Anthony Ardent Arrow Acheron  
Canadian Destroyers
  Saguenay Skeena  
"B" Class Leader
  Keith  
Destroyers
  Basilisk Beagle Blanche Boadicea  
  Boreas Brazen Brilliant Bulldog  
<– Modified "W" Class Destroyers (UK) "C" and "D" Class –>


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