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On 4 April, 1932, {{UK-Active}} and ''Achates'' collided and Their Lordships informed Miles that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>
 
On 4 April, 1932, {{UK-Active}} and ''Achates'' collided and Their Lordships informed Miles that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>
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She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 October, 1932 for service with the {{UK-DF|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul34|p. 213}}
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 23 July, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 213}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Achates''" nat=UK>
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Achates''" nat=UK>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin John Lawrence Bittleston|nick=Colin J. L. Bittleston|appt=29 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 214}}|end=6 April, 1933}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Alexander Cassidi|nick=Robert A. Cassidi|appt=2 December, 1929<ref>Cassidi Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/555.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=9 April, 1930|note=temporary|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Henry John Haynes|nick=Henry J. Haynes|appt=26 October, 1937|end=27 June, 1938|note=and in command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Thurston Wake Pawsey|nick=Henry T. W. Pawsey|appt=10 April, 1930<ref>Pawsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/128.|}} f. 127.</ref>|end=June, 1931<ref>Pawsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/128.|}} f. 127.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin John Lawrence Bittleston|nick=Colin J. L. Bittleston|appt=29 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 214}}|end=6 April, 1932}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry William Urquhart McCall|nick=Henry W. U. McCall|appt=18 October, 1932<ref>McCall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/141.|}} f. 141.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 213}}|end=31 October, 1934{{ToL|Command of the Achates|31 Oct. 1934, p. 4}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Astor Trier|nick=Patrick A. Trier|appt=31 October, 1934{{ToL|Command of the Achates|31 Oct. 1934, p. 4}}|end=23 September, 1935<ref>Trier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Mark Fogg-Elliott|nick=Mark Fogg-Elliott|appt=23 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 213}}|end=5 May, 1936<ref>Fogg-Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/96.|}} f. 96.</ref>|note=went to {{UK-Venetia}} on exchange}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Graham Stewart|nick=Richard G. Stewart|appt=c. May, 1936{{NavAppts|7 May 1936, p. 29}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Graham Dudley de Chair|nick=Henry G. D. de Chair|appt=1936|end=10 September, 1936<ref>Fogg-Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/96.|}} f. 96.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Mark Fogg-Elliott|nick=Mark Fogg-Elliott|appt=10 September, 1936<ref>Fogg-Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/96.|}} f. 96.</ref>|end=19 April, 1937<ref>Fogg-Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/96.|}} f. 96.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Venetia}}, vice de Chair}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Henry John Haynes|nick=Henry J. Haynes|appt=26 October, 1937|end=27 June, 1938<ref>Stevens-Guille Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/130.|}} f. 130.</ref>|note=and in command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=George Frederick Stevens-Guille|nick=George F. Stevens-Guille|appt=27 June, 1938<ref>Stevens-Guille Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/130.|}} f. 130.</ref>{{ToL|Command of the Achates|Monday, May 30, 1938; pg. 7; Issue 48007}}|end=18 July, 1938<ref>Stevens-Guille Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/130.|}} f. 130.</ref>|note=and in command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert James Gardner|nick=Robert J. Gardner|appt=28 March, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 253}}|end=10 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4341}}|note=and for duty with submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert William Jocelyn|nick=Robert W. Jocelyn|appt=10 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4341}}|end=late 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4341}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Andre Tait|nick=Arthur A. Tait|appt=10 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4341}}|end=21 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4341}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Henry Tyndall Johns|nick=Arthur H. T. Johns|appt=21 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4341}}|end=31 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4341}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost under his command}}
 
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Latest revision as of 16:45, 14 January 2022

H.M.S. Achates (1929)
Pendant Number: H12
Builder: John Brown & Company
Laid down: 11 Sep, 1928
Launched: 4 Oct, 1929
Commissioned: 11 Feb, 1930
Sunk: 31 Dec, 1942

H.M.S. Achates 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. Achates was commissioned at Clydebank on 31 March, 1930.[1]

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 Portsmouth on 18 October, 1932 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[3]

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

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. (October, 1935). p. 213.
  5. ↑ Cassidi Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/555. f. ?.
  6. ↑ Pawsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/128. f. 127.
  7. ↑ Pawsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/128. f. 127.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 214.
  9. ↑ McCall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/141. f. 141.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 213.
  11. ↑ "Command of the Achates." The Times (London, England), 31 Oct. 1934, p. 4.
  12. ↑ "Command of the Achates." The Times (London, England), 31 Oct. 1934, p. 4.
  13. ↑ Trier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/174. f. 174.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 213.
  15. ↑ Fogg-Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/96. f. 96.
  16. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 7 May 1936, p. 29.
  17. ↑ Fogg-Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/96. f. 96.
  18. ↑ Fogg-Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/96. f. 96.
  19. ↑ Fogg-Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/96. f. 96.
  20. ↑ Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
  21. ↑ Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
  22. ↑ "Command of the Achates." The Times (London, England), Monday, May 30, 1938; pg. 7; Issue 48007.
  23. ↑ Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 253.
  25. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ 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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