Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Destroyer Depot Ship |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | F 80 |
Built by | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 24 May 1933 |
Launched | 20 Sep 1934 |
Commissioned | Jun 1935 |
End service | |
History | Displacement: 8750 tons. Scrapped in 1962. |
Commands listed for HMS Woolwich (F 80)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Capt. Edward Chicheley Thornton, DSC, RN | 11 Feb 1938 | 19 Sep 1940 |
2 | Capt. (retired) John Fawcett, RN | 19 Sep 1940 | 13 Apr 1942 |
3 | Capt. (retired) Lawrence Hodson Bayley, RN | 13 Apr 1942 | 24 Jul 1944 |
4 | Capt. (retired) William Bayard Hynes, DSO, RN | 24 Jul 1944 | 20 Sep 1945 |
5 | Capt. William Gronow Davis, DSC, RN | 20 Sep 1945 | 1 Feb 1946 |
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