H.M.S. Serapis (1918)

H.M.S. Serapis (1918)
Pendant Number:	F.21 (Feb 1919)
Builder:	William Denny & Brothers
Ordered:	Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)
Launched:	17 Sep, 1918
Completed:	21 Mar, 1919
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H.M.S. Serapis was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

Service

Serapis recommissioned at Devonport on 28 November, 1919.

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923.

Serapis was re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 for duty with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.

The ship was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October, 1929 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.

She paid off into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 26 April, 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.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander Vernon S. Butler, 28 January, 1919 – August, 1921
• Lieutenant-Commander Austen G. Lilley, August, 1921 – October, 1922
• Commander Richard M. Welby, November, 1922 – October, 1923
• Commander David B. Nicol, late October, 1923 – 4 November, 1924
• Lieutenant-Commander Martin J. C. de Meric, 14 November, 1924 – 9 January, 1925
• Commander Edward C. Denison, 5 January, 1925 – 27 May, 1925
• Commander George H. Creswell, 27 May, 1925 – 1 January, 1926
• Commander Charles H. Knox-Little, 1 January, 1926 – 14 April, 1926
• Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 1 April, 1926 – January, 1927
• Commander Percy R. P. Percival, 28 December, 1926 – March, 1929
• Commander John M. Porter, 1 February, 1929 – February, 1931  (lent to Bruce for some time from 5 July 1929)
• Commander Lawrence F. N. Ommanney, 9 February, 1931 – 14 February, 1932

See Also

• Wikipedia