Allied Warships

HMS Montrose (D 01)

Destroyer of the Admiralty Leader class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Admiralty Leader
Pennant	D 01
Built by	Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.)
Ordered	Apr 1917
Laid down	4 Oct 1917
Launched	10 Jun 1918
Commissioned	14 Sep 1918
End service
History	Sold to be broken up for scrap on 31 January 1946. See also this website (offsite link).

Commands listed for HMS Montrose (D 01)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. (retired) Henry Thurston Wake Pawsey, OBE, RN	31 Jul 1939	6 Sep 1939
2	Capt. Alfred Jerome Lucian Phillips, RN	6 Sep 1939	27 Sep 1939
3	Cdr. Cecil Ramsden Langworthy Parry, RN	27 Sep 1939	9 Sep 1941
4	Lt.Cdr. Walter John Phipps, OBE, RN	9 Sep 1941	16 Oct 1943
5	A/Cdr. Guy Neville Rolfe, DSC, RN	16 Oct 1943	Ca. Aug 44

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Notable events involving Montrose include:

3 Oct 1939

Convoy OA 14.

This convoy departed Southend on 3 October 1939. It was dissolved at sea on 6 October 1939.

This convoy was made up of the following merchant vessels; Baron Ailsa (British, 3656 GRT, built 1936), City of Windsor (British, 7218 GRT, built 1923), Clan Lamont (British, 7250 GRT, built 1939), Corfell (British, 1802 GRT, built 1934) (to Porstmouth only), Flimston (British, 4674 GRT, built 1925), Fulham II (British, 1596 GRT, built 1936), Ousebridge (British, 5601 GRT, built 1920) and Troutpool (British, 4886 GRT, built 1927).

Escort was provided by the destroyers HMS Kelly (Capt. L.F.A.V.N. Mountbatten, GCVO, RN), HMS Kingston (Lt.Cdr. P. Somerville, RN) which sailed from Plymouth early in the day and then joined the convoy off the Downs. The next day the convoy was joined by HMS Montrose (Cdr. C.R.L. Parry, RN) coming from Portsmouth.

31 Oct 1941
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Lowestoft (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) F.B. Proudfoot, RN), HMS Chiddingfold (Lt. L.W.L. Argles, RN), HMS Montrose (Lt.Cdr. W.J. Phipps, OBE, RN) and HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. E.N. Sinclair, RN). (1)

4 Nov 1941
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMAS Norman (Cdr. H.M. Burrell, RAN), HMS Montrose (Lt.Cdr. W.J. Phipps, OBE, RN) and HMS Hurworth (Lt.Cdr. J.T.B. Birch, RN). (1)

24 Nov 1941
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Montrose (Lt.Cdr. W.J. Phipps, OBE, RN), HMS Wheatland (Lt. R.deL. Brooke, RN) and HMS Chiddingfold (Lt. L.W.L. Argles, RN). (1)