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| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Frank Pilkington Wood|nick=Percy F. P. Wood|appt=16 October, 1931<ref>Wood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>|end=17 January, 1932<ref>Wood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Frank Pilkington Wood|nick=Percy F. P. Wood|appt=16 October, 1931<ref>Wood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>|end=17 January, 1932<ref>Wood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=transferred out to {{UK-Hastings}}}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=17 January, 1932<ref>McGrath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=9 April, 1932<ref>McGrath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|note=removed from command following negative report from S.N.O., [[Persian Gulf]]}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=17 January, 1932<ref>McGrath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=9 April, 1932<ref>McGrath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|note=removed from command following negative report from S.N.O., [[Persian Gulf]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Conyngham Denison|nick=Edward C. Denison|appt=25 March, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 217}}|ass=7 May, 1932|end=March, 1934}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Conyngham Denison|nick=Edward C. Denison|appt=25 March, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 217}}|ass=7 May, 1932|end=March, 1934}} | ||
Revision as of 21:43, 15 December 2021
| H.M.S. Bideford (1931) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | L43, later U43 |
| Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Launched: | 1 Apr, 1931[2] |
| Broken up: | 1949[3] |
H.M.S. Bideford was one of eight Shoreham Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Commissioned at Chatham on 15 November, 1932 for service in the Persian Gulf.[4]
Re-commissioned on 17 November 1936.[5]
Re-commissioned at Malta on 12 December, 1938 for service in the Persian Gulf.[6]
Captains
- Commander Percy F. P. Wood, 16 October, 1931[7] – 17 January, 1932[8] (transferred out to Hastings)
- Commander Donal S. McGrath, 17 January, 1932[9] – 9 April, 1932[10] (removed from command following negative report from S.N.O., Persian Gulf)
- Captain Edward C. Denison, 25 March, 1932[11] – March, 1934
- Captain Charles A. Browne, 2 February, 1934[12] – 8 November, 1934
- Captain Douglas B. Fisher, 25 September, 1934[13] – 1935 (and as S.N.O, Persian Gulf from 30 November, 1934)
- Captain Douglas B. Fisher, 29 June, 1936 – 1936 (vice "Barnes")
- Captain Geoffrey W. Wadham, – 18 February, 1937 (fact check this is correct Wadham)
- Captain George H. Faulkner, 18 February, 1937 – 17 April, 1938 (and as S.N.O, Persian Gulf from 20 February, 1937)
- Captain George H. Faulkner, 30 July, 1938 – 1 October, 1938 (and as S.O., Minesweeping Flotilla, Mediterranean)
- Captain George H. Faulkner, 1 November, 1938 – 2 December, 1938
- Captain Douglas Young-Jamieson, 14 November, 1938[14] – 12 September, 1939[15]
- Commander Robert F. Elkins, 12 September, 1939[16] – 16 April, 1940[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander John Hugh Lewes, 16 April, 1940[18] – 15 November, 1940[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. William J. Moore, 15 November, 1940[20] – 22 November, 1942[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander William F. Hollins, 22 November, 1942[22] – 4 October, 1943[23]
- Commander John R. Westmacott, 4 October, 1943[24] – February, 1944[25]
- Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Herbert J. Beverley, 1 March, 1944[26] – December, 1944[27]
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Alan H. Pierce, December, 1944[28] – mid 1945[29]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 217.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 262.
- ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
- ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 217.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 217.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 262.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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