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==Service==
 
==Service==
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Her first captain, {{LiCRN}} [[Martin Arthur Frankland Hood|Martin A. F. Hood]], was cautioned by Vice-Admiral, Commanding, [[Queenstown]], to be more careful in future after grounding the vessel on 10 December, 1915.<ref>Hood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/149.|}} f. 161.</ref>
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''Bluebell'' was re-commissioned on 27 December, 1921.{{NLJan23|p. 729}}
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She was re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 9 April, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 219}}
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''Bluebell'' was re-commissioned on 1 November, 1926.{{NLFeb29|p. 219}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Martin Arthur Frankland Hood|nick=Martin A. F. Hood|appt=10 August, 1915<ref>Hood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/149.|}} f. 161.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 392''n''}}|end=3 March, 1917<ref>Hood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/149.|}} f. 161.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=sick}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alexander Morison|nick=Alexander Morison|appt=8 March, 1917<ref>Morison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/197.|}} f. 243.</ref>|end=May, 1919<ref>Morison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/197.|}} f. 243.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmond Alan Berners Stanley|nick=Edmond A. B. Stanley|appt=23 December, 1919<ref>Stanley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/90.|D7603797}} f. 295.</ref>{{NLJun20|p. 735}}|end=27 December, 1921<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-18-HMS_Bluebell.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.com].</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Noel Marryat Hardy|nick=Henry N. M. Hardy|appt=29 December, 1921<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-18-HMS_Bluebell.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.com].</ref>|end=18 November, 1922<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-18-HMS_Bluebell.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.com].</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Francis Besant|nick=Henry F. Besant|appt=18 November, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 729}}|end=February, 1924}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Algernon Robert Smithwick|nick=Algernon R. Smithwick|appt=1 February, 1924<ref>Smithwick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/310.|D7604722}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 219}}|end=1 April, 1926<ref>Smithwick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/310.|D7604722}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerard Charles Muirhead-Gould|nick=Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould|appt=1 April, 1926<ref>Muirhead-Gould Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/100.|}} f. 451.</ref>|end=12 February, 1927<ref>Muirhead-Gould Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/100.|}} f. 451.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Andrew Johnstone|nick=Andrew Johnstone|appt=1 April, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 219}}|end=30 December, 1929}}
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bluebell_(1915)}}
 
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-18-HMS_Bluebell.htm Transcribed Ship Logs January 1920 to December 1922]
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-18-HMS_Bluebell2.htm Transcribed Ship Logs January 1923 to April 1924]
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==Acknowledgement==
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* Thanks to Paul Money for pointing out ship command details in her transcribed logbook.
 
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 6 April 2023

H.M.S. Bluebell (1915)
Pendant Number: M.29 (Feb, 1915)
T.03 (Sep, 1915)
T.12 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 24 Jul, 1915[4]
Sold: May, 1930[5]

H.M.S. Bluebell was one of twenty-four Acacia Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Her first captain, Lieutenant in Command Martin A. F. Hood, was cautioned by Vice-Admiral, Commanding, Queenstown, to be more careful in future after grounding the vessel on 10 December, 1915.[6]

Bluebell was re-commissioned on 27 December, 1921.[7]

She was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 9 April, 1924.[8]

Bluebell was re-commissioned on 1 November, 1926.[9]

Captains

See Also

Acknowledgement

  • Thanks to Paul Money for pointing out ship command details in her transcribed logbook.

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 93. The M pendants were changed to M (international) on 24 Apr 1915.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  6. Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/149. f. 161.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 729.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.
  10. Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/149. f. 161.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392n.
  12. Hood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/149. f. 161.
  13. Morison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/197. f. 243.
  14. Morison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/197. f. 243.
  15. Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/90. f. 295.
  16. The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 735.
  17. Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.com.
  18. Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.com.
  19. Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.com.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 729.
  21. Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
  23. Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  24. Muirhead-Gould Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/100. f. 451.
  25. Muirhead-Gould Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/100. f. 451.
  26. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.

Bibliography


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