H.M.S. Scotsman (1918)

H.M.S. Scotsman (1918)
Pendant Number:	G.30 (Jun 1918)
Builder:	John Brown & Company
Ordered:	Apr, 1917 (1st Order)
Launched:	30 Mar, 1918
Completed:	21 May, 1918
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H.M.S. Scotsman was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

Service

She reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 28 November, 1919.

Paid off to Maintenance Reserve in Rosyth on 6 October, 1927.

Commissioned at Rosyth on 2 June, 1931, she proceeded to Devonport. She was reduced to Reserve on 18 August, and by early 1933 was in the Nore Reserve, with a Gunner Frederick Luxton aboard "for D.F. [direction finding?] duties".

She transferred to Dockyard Control at Devonport on 26 February, 1937.

In 1938, her bell was among a number of ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested. It commanded a price of between £3-£10 plus packing and shipping. Interested parties were to apply to win one at its stated price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Robert L. Burnett, 29 April, 1918 – 1 June, 1918
• Commander Richard B. England, 1 June, 1918 – 16 November, 1918
• Lieutenant-Commander Delorest J. D. Noble, 15 November, 1918 – 8 October, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence F. N. Ommanney, 10 July, 1924 – 21 August, 1924  (for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
• Commander (retired) Charles M. J. Willis, c. November, 1926 – late 1927^{[Fact Check]}  (temporary, for passage to Rosyth)
• Lieutenant Graham H. Stokes, 1 June, 1931  (not noted as being "in command")
• Commander David J. R. Simson, 17 June, 1931 – 31 October, 1931  (for passage to Devonport)

See Also

• Wikipedia