H.M.S. Scout (1918)

H.M.S. Scout (1918)
Pendant Number:	G.35 (Jun 1918)
Builder:	John Brown & Company
Ordered:	Apr, 1917 (1st Order)
Launched:	27 Apr, 1918
Completed:	15 Jun, 1918
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H.M.S. Scout was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

Service

She reduced to Reserve Fleet at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.

Reduced to Reserve on 14 August, 1920.

Scout was commissioned 18 November, 1927.

She again commissioned at Chatham on 1 April, 1931. She reduced to Reserve on 1 November, 1932.

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.

She was commissioned as an additional emergency destroyer in the Reserve Fleet at The Nore on 17 May, 1934. She reduced to Reserve on 11 September, 1934.

Re-commissioned on 30 April, 1937 for the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Edmund F. FitzGerald, 24 May, 1918 – November, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager, 13 November, 1919 – 17 December, 1919  (and in charge of a group of T.B.Ds. in reserve)
• Commander Ernest L. Cardale, 13 November, 1919 – 21 June, 1920  (and in charge of a group of T.B.Ds. in reserve)
• Lieutenant-Commander Edmund F. FitzGerald, 21 June, 1920 – November, 1920  (for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
• Lieutenant-Commander Joseph Horsfield, 9 December, 1920 – 1 March, 1922  (and in command of a group of reserve destroyers)
• Lieutenant in Command Joe H. C. Willoughby, 10 July, 1924 – 21 August, 1924  (temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
• Lieutenant in Command Adlebert W. C. J. Nicholson, 29 July, 1930  (temporary)
• Lieutenant-Commander William H. B. Wallace, 21 March, 1932 – 1 November, 1932
• Lieutenant-Commander Stephen H. Norris, 19 July, 1935 – 20 May, 1936^[Inference]
• Lieutenant-Commander Francis Douglas-Watson, 20 May, 1936 – 2 June, 1936  (temporary, for sick Norris)
• Lieutenant-Commander Stephen H. Norris, 2 June, 1936
• Lieutenant-Commander Frank G. Emley, 10 March, 1937 – 7 April, 1937  (temporary)
• Lieutenant-Commander Hugh C. Simms, 15 September, 1938 – 20 January, 1940
• Lieutenant-Commander Cecil H. Holmes, 20 January, 1940 – 12 November, 1940
• Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Duncan H. Harper, 12 November, 1940 – February, 1941
• Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Hedworth Lambton, February, 1941 – 23 December, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command Robert G. Woodward, 23 December, 1942 – December, 1943
• Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command John C. A. Hammond, December, 1943 – June, 1944
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Peter V. James, June, 1944 – November, 1944
• Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.V.R. Arthur C. Cooper, November, 1944 – early 1945
• Lieutenant in Command Peter V. James, early 1945 – early 1945
• Temporary Lieutenant, R.A.N.V.R. Charles P. Kane-White, early 1945 – late 1945

The overlap between Cardale and Ohlenschlager is noted.

See Also

• Wikipedia