H.M.S. Keppel (1920)
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| H.M.S. Keppel (1920) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D.84 (Apr 1925)[1] |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
| Launched: | 23 Apr, 1920[3] |
| Sold: | Jul, 1945[4] |
H.M.S. Keppel was one of five flotilla leaders of the Shakespeare class.
Service
Commander Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton was appointed to her on 10 February, 1925 and remained with her as she neared completion at Portsmouth, but it is not clear whether he commissioned her.[5]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 February, 1926 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[6]
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1928 under the command of Captain (D) Cyril Gordon Sedgwick to support the Third Destroyer Flotilla, now on the Mediterranean Station.[7]
Completed to Special Complement at Devonport on 1 September, 1930.[8]
She next commissioned at Chatham on 23 October, 1931.[9]
The ship was re-commissioned at Hong Kong for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station on 26 April, 1933.[10]
She was taken into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 25 March, 1937.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles G. Ramsey, 22 May, 1925[12][13] – January, 1927[14] (and as Captain (D) of Third Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Evelyn C. O. Thomson, 2 December, 1926[15][16] – 16 October, 1928[17] (and as Captain (D) of Third Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Cyril G. Sedgwick, 16 October, 1928[18] – c. 11 June, 1930 (and as Captain (D), Third Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Arthur G. Harris, September, 1930 – 14 November, 1930
- Commander Percy R. P. Percival, 14 November, 1930[19][20] – 21 January, 1932[21]
- Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 29 September, 1931[22] – 12 January, 1932[23]
- Captain Robert L. Burnett, – April, 1933 (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Alexander R. Hammick, 24 April, 1933[24] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Harold T. Baillie-Grohman, 17 December, 1934[25] – 1936[26] (and as Captain (D), First Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Philip L. Vian, c. May, 1936[27] – 12 October, 1936[28] (and as Captain (D), First Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Edward L. Berthon, 28 September, 1938[29] – 27 May, 1940[30] (and as Captain (D), [illeg])
- Captain Francis S. W. de Winton, 31 May, 1939[31] – 1 December, 1939[32] (and as CAptain (D), Seventeenth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander (emergency) Edward G. Heywood-Lonsdale, 1 December, 1939[33] – 2 August, 1940[34]
- Captain Donald K. Bain, 2 August, 1940[35] – 1 October, 1940[36]
- Lieutenant in Command Ronald J. Hanson, 1 October, 1940[37] – February, 1941[38]
- Commander Alan MacG. Sheffield, February, 1941[39] – 10 September, 1941[40]
- Commander John E. Broome, 10 September, 1941[41] – late 1942[42]
- Lieutenant in Command Peter G. Lachlan, 31 December, 1942[43] – 25 January, 1943[44]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert B. S. Tennant, 25 January, 1943[45] – 19 April, 1943[46]
- Commander Martin J. Evans, 19 April, 1943[47] – 24 July, 1943[48]
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. (retired) John Byron, 24 July, 1943[49] – 2 December, 1943[50]
- Commander R.N.R. Ismay J. Tyson, 2 December, 1943[51] – mid 1945[52]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 250.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 249.
- ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
- ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 249.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 248.
- ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
- ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 250.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 250.
- ↑ Vian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/158. f. 160.
- ↑ Vian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/158. f. 160.
- ↑ Vian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/158. f. 160.
- ↑ Berthon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/15. f. ?.
- ↑ Berthon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/15. f. ?.
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