H.M.S. Skate (1917)
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| H.M.S. Skate (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.62 (Jan 1917) G.05 (Jan 1918) F.46 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | Dec 1915 (7th Order)[3][4] |
| Launched: | 11 Jan, 1917[5] |
| Completed: | Feb, 1917[6] |
| Sold: | 4 Mar, 1947[7] |
H.M.S. Skate was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.
Service
She reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 12 March, 1920.[8]
She next commissioned on 16 November, 1926.[9]
Skate was the only one of the sixty-two units in her class to survive to World War II, and she served until late in 1944.
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.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander John C. Hodgson, 31 January, 1917[11] – 27 March, 1917[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander Joseph H. L. Yorke, 2 July, 1917[13][14] – 29 January, 1919[15]
- Commander Basil E. Reinold, 29 January, 1919[16] – March, 1919[17] (left on leave to attend to private affairs)
- Commander Archibald A. Lovett-Cameron, 28 March, 1919[18] – January, 1920[19]
- Lieutenant in Command Ralph G. H. Izat, January, 1920[20][21] – 12 March, 1920[22] (on Oracle paying off)
- Commander Lionel G. Foote, 12 April, 1920[23][24]
- Lieutenant in Command Harold S. Gillett, August, 1920[25] – 22 February, 1922[26] (and for a Reserve Group of destroyers)
- Lieutenant in Command Bertie M. McDonald, 10 July, 1924[27][28] – 21 August, 1924[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry F. Waight, 16 November, 1926[30] – 1 February, 1927[31]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey W. Mott, 30 March, 1927[32][33] – 4 April, 1928[34]
- Lieutenant in Command Thomas L. Alkin, 4 April, 1928[35]
- Lieutenant-Commander Cecil W. May, 18 December, 1930[36][37] – 15 September, 1931[38]
- Commander Humphrey G. Scott, 14 November, 1932[39]
- Lieutenant-Commander Bruce B. Junor, 14 November, 1933[40]
- Lieutenant-Commander Bryan G. Scurfield, 3 January, 1935[41]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward B. Tancock, 19 March, 1936[42]
- Lieutenant-Commander William S. Thomas, 8 May, 1936[43]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles W. Greening, 5 April, 1937[44]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter Evershed, 19 April, 1938[45]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur O. Johnson, 9 January, 1939[46] – 14 March, 1940[47]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert A. Fell, 14 March, 1940[48] – 14 June, 1940[49]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick W. Hayden, 14 June, 1940[50] – 3 July, 1940[51]
- Lieutenant in Command Francis P. Baker, 3 July, 1940[52] – 9 February, 1942[53]
- Lieutenant in Command John Smallwood, 9 February, 1942[54] – April, 1942[55]
- Lieutenant in Command Nicholas M. Mules, April, 1942[56] – 12 May, 1942[57]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Alan W. Preston, 12 May, 1942[58] – 28 May, 1943[59]
- Lieutenant in Command John C. Rushbrooke, 28 May, 1943[60] – 9 January, 1944[61]
- Lieutenant in Command Harvey P. Fleming, 19 January, 1944[62] – 1 June, 1944[63]
- Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command John H. Macalister, 1 June, 1944[64] – late 1944[65]
A Lt. Cdr. J. B. Newell, D.S.O. was reportedly supposed to take up command on 1 October, 1919, but I cannot identify him.[66]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 270.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
- ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
- ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/7. f. 410.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/7. f. 410.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 865.
- ↑ Inferring from Izat's data. L-C's service record not clear.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, January 24, 1920, Issue 42316, p.6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 865.
- ↑ Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1920). p. 865.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 865.
- ↑ Gillett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/96/192. f. 238.
- ↑ McDonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/131. f. 131.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 26 June 1924, p. 10.
- ↑ McDonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/131. f. 131.
- ↑ Waight Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/82. f. 82.
- ↑ Waight Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/82. f. 82.
- ↑ Mott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/47. f. 47.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 269.
- ↑ Mott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/47. f. 47.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 269.
- ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/90. f. 90.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 270.
- ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/90. f. 90.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 273.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 275.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 Feb. 1936, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 15 Apr. 1936, p. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, April 4, 1938, Issue 47960, p.25.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 23 Sept. 1919, p. 14.
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