H.M.S. Lupin (1916)

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H.M.S. Lupin (1916)
Pendant Number: T.65 (Jan, 1916)
T.55 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: William Simons & Company[2]
Ordered: Jul, 1915[3]
Launched: 31 May, 1916[4]
Sold: 22 Mar, 1946[5]

H.M.S. Lupin was one of thirty-six Arabis Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In 1919, Lupin was one of many mine-sweeping vessels tasked with post-war mine clearance. Her captain, Barry Victor Sturdee was censured after she collided with the S.S. Annie Johnson during the course of 1919.[6]

Lupin was paid off on 29 November, 1920.[7]

She was re-commissioned at Sheerness on 24 July, 1924.[8] The ship would serve in the Persian Gulf from 1924 until going to the Red Sea in October 1930.[9]

Lupin was re-commissioned at Bombay on 21 November, 1928 for service in the East Indies.[10]

She was re-commissioned at Malta on 29 October, 1930.[11]

In late 1931, Lupin returned home from the Red Sea Division to be placed in reserve, her place to be taken by Penzance.[12]

The ship commissioned at Portsmouth on 21 February, 1933 for service in the East Indies.[13]

Lupin re-commissioned at Bombay on 8 March, 1935.[14]

The sloop was commissioned at Sheerness on 17 April, 1936.[15]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  6. Sturdee Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/31. f. 36.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 779.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 252.
  9. "Return of the Lupin." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, December 2, 1931, Issue 45995, p.6.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 252.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.
  12. "New Sloop Commissions." The Times (London, England), Monday, October 26, 1931, Issue 45963, p.20.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 253.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 253.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 253.
  16. Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395xx.
  18. Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
  19. Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  20. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395h.
  21. Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  22. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 837.
  23. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 836.
  24. Teale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/241. f. 291.
  25. Teale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/241. f. 291.
  26. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 27 May 1919, p. 18.
  27. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 779.
  28. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 252.
  29. Curry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/291. f. 648.
  30. Curry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/291. f. 648.
  31. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 252.
  32. Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. 75.
  33. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.
  34. Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. 75.
  35. Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/165. f. 165.
  36. Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/165. f. 165.
  37. Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/165. f. 165.
  38. Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/76. f. 76.
  39. Back Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/76. f. 76.
  40. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 253.
  41. Wavish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/139. f. 170.
  42. Wavish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/139. f. 170.

Bibliography


Arabis Class Sweeping Sloop
Alyssum Amaryllis Arabis Asphodel Berberis
Buttercup Campanula Celandine Cornflower Crocus
Cyclamen Delphinium Genista Gentian Geranium
Gladiolus Godetia Hydrangea Lobelia Lupin
Marguerite Mignonette Myosotis Nasturtium Nigella
Pansy Pentstemon Petunia Poppy Primula
  Rosemary Snapdragon Valerian  
  Verbena Wallflower Wistaria