H.M.S. Shark (1918)

H.M.S. Shark (1918)
Pendant Number:	F.A1 (1919)
Builder:	Swan Hunter
Ordered:	Apr, 1917 (1st Order)
Launched:	9 Apr, 1918
Completed:	10 Jul, 1918
Sold:

H.M.S. Shark was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

There were two other destroyers named Shark in the Dreadnought era, the Shark of 1894 and the Shark of 1912.

Service

Shark recommissioned at Chatham on 27 May, 1919 under Commander Carter, who would remain in command at least through the end of 1920.

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 21 September, 1923.

Reduced to Reserve at the Nore on 9 December, 1925.

She commissioned 6 October, 1927.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant in Command Stuart S. Bonham-Carter, 8 June, 1918 – 4 April, 1919
• Commander Eric Q. Carter, 4 April, 1919 – 1 February, 1921
• Commander Edward McC. W. Lawrie, 19 September, 1922 – July, 1923
• Commander Eric Q. Carter, July, 1923 – 1923  (temporary, on exchange of Third and Seventh Destroyer Flotillas)
• Lieutenant-Commander Lionel V. Lloyd, 23 November, 1925 – 20 December, 1925

See Also

• Wikipedia