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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Bernard Drew|nick=Thomas B. Drew|appt=10 April, 1930{{FC}}|end=25 August, 1930}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Bernard Drew|nick=Thomas B. Drew|appt=10 April, 1930{{FC}}|end=25 August, 1930}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Robert Hammick|nick=Alexander R. Hammick|appt=25 August, 1930<ref>Hammick Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>|end=September, 1931<ref>Hammick Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Robert Hammick|nick=Alexander R. Hammick|appt=25 August, 1930<ref>Hammick Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>|end=September, 1931<ref>Hammick Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Bernard Rawlings|nick=Henry B. Rawlings|appt=September, 1931|end=12 March, 1932}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|nick=Roderick B. T. Miles|appt=2 March, 1932|end=April, 1932{{INF}}|note=also as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|3}}; temporary}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|nick=Roderick B. T. Miles|appt=2 March, 1932|end=April, 1932{{INF}}|note=also as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|3}}; temporary}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gerard Charles Muirhead-Gould|nick=Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould|appt= | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gerard Charles Muirhead-Gould|nick=Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould|appt=28 April, 1932<ref>Muirhead-Gould Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/100.|}} f. 451.</ref>|end=May 1933<ref>Muirhead-Gould Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/100.|}} f. 451.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Louis Vian|nick=Philip L. Vian|appt=31 March, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 214}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Louis Vian|nick=Philip L. Vian|appt=31 March, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 214}}|end=January, 1935<ref>Vian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/158.|}} f. 160.</ref>|note=vice Muirhead-Gould}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Rupert St. Aubyn Malleson|nick=Rupert St. A. Malleson|appt=4 January, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 214}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Rupert St. Aubyn Malleson|nick=Rupert St. A. Malleson|appt=4 January, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 214}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I''', ''Fr.'')|name=Bryan Gouthwaite Scurfield|nick=Bryan G. Scurfield|appt=June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 213}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I''', ''Fr.'')|name=Bryan Gouthwaite Scurfield|nick=Bryan G. Scurfield|appt=June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 213}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter John Phipps|nick=Walter J. Phipps|appt=October, 1938<ref>Phipps Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/122/52.|}} f. 52.</ref>|end=February, 1939<ref>Phipps Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/122/52.|}} f. 52.</ref>|note=ship in reserve}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Errol Concanon Lloyd Turner|nick=Errol C. L. Turner|appt=1 May, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4343}}|end=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4343}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Errol Concanon Lloyd Turner|nick=Errol C. L. Turner|appt=1 May, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4343}}|end=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4343}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Michael Wilfred Tomkinson|nick=Michael W. Tomkinson|appt=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4343}}|end=1 January, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4343}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Michael Wilfred Tomkinson|nick=Michael W. Tomkinson|appt=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4343}}|end=1 January, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4343}}}} | ||
Latest revision as of 15:31, 5 February 2022
| H.M.S. Active (1929) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | H14 |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company |
| Laid down: | 10 Jul, 1928 |
| Launched: | 9 Jul, 1929 |
| Commissioned: | 9 Feb, 1930[Citation needed] |
| Sold: | 7 Jul, 1947 |
H.M.S. Active was one of eleven "A" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Active was commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 April, 1930.[1]
On 4 April, 1932, Active collided with her sister-ship Achates. Their Lordships informed Captain (D) Miles that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."[2]
Active was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1932.[3]
The destroyer re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 July, 1935.[4]
Active was commissioned at Malta on 23 February, 1937.[5]
Captains
- Commander George M. Crockett, late 1929[6] – 9 April, 1930[7]
- Captain Thomas B. Drew, 10 April, 1930[Fact Check] – 25 August, 1930
- Captain Alexander R. Hammick, 25 August, 1930[8] – September, 1931[9]
- Captain Henry B. Rawlings, September, 1931 – 12 March, 1932
- Captain Roderick B. T. Miles, 2 March, 1932 – April, 1932[Inference] (also as Captain (D), Third Destroyer Flotilla; temporary)
- Captain Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould, 28 April, 1932[10] – May 1933[11]
- Commander Philip L. Vian, 31 March, 1933[12] – January, 1935[13] (vice Muirhead-Gould)
- Commander Rupert St. A. Malleson, 4 January, 1935[14]
- Lieutenant-Commander (I, Fr.) Bryan G. Scurfield, June, 1937[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter J. Phipps, October, 1938[16] – February, 1939[17] (ship in reserve)
- Lieutenant-Commander Errol C. L. Turner, 1 May, 1939[18] – February, 1941[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander Michael W. Tomkinson, February, 1941[20] – 1 January, 1943[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Peter G. Merriman, 1 January, 1943[22] – 9 October, 1944[23]
- Commander John Pringle, 9 October, 1944[24] – November, 1944[25]
- Lieutenant in Command John A. McClure, November, 1944[26] – 22 December, 1945[27]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
- ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 254.
- ↑ Crockett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/30. f. 31.
- ↑ Crockett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/30. f. 31.
- ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
- ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
- ↑ Muirhead-Gould Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/100. f. 451.
- ↑ Muirhead-Gould Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/100. f. 451.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.
- ↑ Vian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/158. f. 160.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.
- ↑ Phipps Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/52. f. 52.
- ↑ Phipps Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/52. f. 52.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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