H.M.S. Scout (1918)

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H.M.S. Scout (1918)
Pendant Number: G.35 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 27 Apr, 1918[4]
Completed: 15 Jun, 1918[5]
Sold:

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.[6]

Reduced to Reserve on 14 August, 1920.[7]

Scout was commissioned 18 November, 1927.[8]

She again commissioned at Chatham on 1 April, 1931.[9] She reduced to Reserve on 1 November, 1932.[10]

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.[11]

She was commissioned as an additional emergency destroyer in the Reserve Fleet at The Nore on 17 May, 1934.[12] She reduced to Reserve on 11 September, 1934.[13]

Re-commissioned on 30 April, 1937 for the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

The overlap between Cardale and Ohlenschlager is noted.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 268.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 268.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 267.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 268.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 271.
  11. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 274.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 274.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 274.
  15. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  17. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
  18. Ohlenschlager Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/275. f. 645.
  19. Ohlenschlager Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/275. f. 645.
  20. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  21. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  22. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
  23. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 June 1920, p. 6.
  24. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 862.
  26. Willoughby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/268. f. 348.
  27. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  28. Willoughby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/268. f. 348.
  29. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 28 July 1930, p. 7.
  30. Wallace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/247. f. 245.
  31. Wallace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/247. f. 245.
  32. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 274.
  33. Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
  34. Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
  35. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 6 June 1936, p. 6.
  36. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 12 Mar. 1937, p. 10.
  37. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Bibliography


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