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H.M.S. Keith (1930) Pendant Number: H06 Builder: Vickers Armstrongs Laid down: 1 Oct, 1929 Launched: 10 Jul, 1930 Commissioned: 20 Mar, 1931 Bombed: 1 Jun, 1940
H.M.S. Keith was one of nine "B" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy. She was the "leader" of the other eight, having an additional gun and a slightly different design.
Service
Commissioned at Chatham on 9 June, 1931.[1]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 October, 1933.[2]
Reduced to Reserve on 13 February, 1937.[3]
After Faulknor was damaged in collision with the steamer S.S. Clan Macfayden on 4 August, 1937, Keith took over duties as flagship in the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla. Faulknor resumed her role on 1 November, 1937.[4]
Captains
- Captain Hugh H. Rogers, 28 April, 1931 – May, 1932 (and as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Gerald C. Harrison, 29 April, 1932[5][6] – 18 October, 1933[7] (and as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton, 18 October, 1933[8] – 15 March, 1936[9] (and as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Denis W. Boyd, 14 March, 1936[10] – 20 July, 1936[11] (and as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Rhoderick R. McGrigor, 20 July, 1936[12] – 22 September, 1936[13] (and as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Victor H. Danckwerts, 17 August, 1937[14] – 1 November, 1937[15] (and as Captain (D), Sixth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Alfred J. L. Phillips, 31 July, 1939[16] – 30 August, 1939[17] (and as Captain (D), Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander (retired) Henry T. W. Pawsey, 6 September, 1939[18] – 15 February, 1940[19]
- Captain David J. R. Simson, 15 February, 1940[20] – 23 May, 1940[21] (killed when vessel bombed under his command)
- Captain Edward L. Berthon, 27 May, 1940[22] – 1 June, 1940[23] (and as Captain (D), Nineteenth Destroyer Flotilla)
See Also
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 247.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
- ↑ "6th Flotilla Leader." The Times (London, England), 27 Oct. 1937, p. 20.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 247.
- ↑ Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
- ↑ Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 248.
- ↑ Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), March 20, 1936, Issue 47328, p.26.
- ↑ McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
- ↑ McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
- ↑ McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
- ↑ Danckwerts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ Danckwerts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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