H.M.S. Bideford (1931)

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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

Bideford was placed under the command of Cdr. Percy Frank Pilkington Wood on 16 October 1931 for trials. Upon their completion, he commissioned her for service. Due at Aden on 6 January, 1932, he was to proceed to Muscat to relieve the sloop Hastings, exchanging ships with her commander, D. S. McGrath. [4]

She was commissioned at Chatham on 15 November, 1932 for service in the Persian Gulf.[5]

Re-commissioned on 17 November 1936.[6]

Re-commissioned at Malta on 12 December, 1938 for service in the Persian Gulf.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  4. "Sloops on Foreign Service." The Times (London, England), 6 Jan. 1932, p. 6.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 217.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 218.
  7. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 262.
  8. Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
  9. Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
  10. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  11. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 217.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 217.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 218.
  15. Wadham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/103. f. 103.
  16. Wadham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/103. f. 103.
  17. Wadham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/103. f. 103.
  18. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 262.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Shoreham Class Sloop
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