H.M.S. Sarpedon (1916)

H.M.S. Sarpedon (1916)
Pendant Number:	G.19 (Jan 1917) G.21 (Apr 1918) G.14 (Sep 1918)
Builder:	Hawthorn Leslie & Company
Ordered:	Jul 1915 (6th Order)
Launched:	1 Jun, 1916
Completed:	2 Sep, 1916
Sold:	13 Jul, 1926

H.M.S. Sarpedon was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Upon completion, Sarpedon and Romola joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla in September, 1916, being the first destroyers other than "M" class in that formation.

Sarpedon reduced to Reserve Complement at the Nore on 24 February, 1920.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander William B. Mackenzie, 7 August, 1916 – 11 October, 1917
• Commander Gerald C. Harrison, 10 October, 1917 – April, 1918
• Lieutenant-Commander Edmond A. B. Stanley, 11 January, 1918 – 27 February, 1918  (temporary)
• Lieutenant in Command Colin S. Thomson, 27 February, 1918 – 30 April, 1919  (temporary)
• Lieutenant in Command Gerald M. McKenna, 10 May, 1919 – 23 October, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command John R. Johnston, 23 October, 1919 – 4 November, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Jack S. Hoffmann, 4 November, 1919 – 11 May, 1920
• Commander Claude P. Hermon-Hodge, 10 July, 1924 – 21 August, 1924  (temporary, for Reserve Fleet exercises)
• Lieutenant-Commander Henry C. Bovell, 10 July, 1924 – 21 August, 1924  (temporary, for Reserve Fleet exercises -- contradicting Hermon-Hodge)

See Also

• Wikipedia