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'''H.M.S. ''Walrus''''' was one of 22 destroyers of the [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Walrus''''' was one of twenty-one [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.
 
==Service==
''Walrus'' was commissioned on 5 February, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 897}}
 
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 6 June, 1924 to serve with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 287}}
 
She was to arrive at Sheerness from the Mediterranean on 8 November 1926 for a re-tubing refit.{{ToL|Flotilla Items|Monday, November 1, 1926, Issue 44417, p.24}}
 
''Walrus'' was re-commissioned under the command of [[Robert Alexander Cassidi]] at the Nore on 5 April, 1927 to serve with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 286}}
 
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 11 June, 1929 for continued service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul31|p. 286}}
 
The ship was re-commissioned in Reserve on 30 November, 1932 and was assigned to the Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth.{{NLJul37|p. 290}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[David B. Nicol]], 28 January, 1918.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 897.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=David Bruce Nicol|nick=David B. Nicol|appt=28 January, 1918{{NLDec20|p. 897}}|end=20 April, 1921<ref>Nicol Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/133.|D7604888}} f. 144.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Howard|nick=Francis Howard|appt=20 April, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 841}}|end=6 June, 1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Henry Jauncey|nick=John H. Jauncey|appt=6 June, 1923<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 287}}|end=June, 1925<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Alexander Cassidi|nick=Robert A. Cassidi|appt=29 June, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 287}}|end=30 November, 1926<ref>Cassidi Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/51.|}} f. ?.  Year here MAY be 1925.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Alexander Cassidi|nick=Robert A. Cassidi|appt=5 April, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 286}}|end=July, 1927}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Keppel Bain|nick=Donald K. Bain|appt=July, 1927<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/25.|}} f. 25.</ref>|end=7 September, 1928<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/25.|}} f. 25.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lionel Vavasseur Lloyd|nick=Lionel V. Lloyd|appt=16 August, 1928<ref>Lloyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 286}}|end=28 January, 1930<ref>Lloyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Guy Neville Rolfe|nick=Guy N. Rolfe|appt=c. January, 1930<ref>Rolfe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/113.|}} f. 113.  Actual date of command appointment undated.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 286}}|end=1931<ref>Rolfe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/113.|}} f. 113.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Leslie Younghusband|nick=John L. Younghusband|appt=c. July 1931<ref>Younghusband Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/76.|}} f. 76.</ref>|end=30 November, 1932<ref>Younghusband Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/122/76.|}} f. 76.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 21:52, 19 September 2022

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. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  25. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  26. ↑ Lloyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/147. f. 147.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 286.
  28. ↑ Lloyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/147. f. 147.
  29. ↑ Rolfe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/113. f. 113. Actual date of command appointment undated.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 286.
  31. ↑ Rolfe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/113. f. 113.
  32. ↑ Younghusband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/76. f. 76.
  33. ↑ Younghusband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/76. f. 76.

Bibliography


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