H.M.S. Splendid (1918)

H.M.S. Splendid (1918)
Pendant Number:	G.57 (Nov 1918)
Builder:	Swan Hunter
Ordered:	Apr, 1917 (1st Order)
Launched:	10 Jul, 1918
Completed:	Oct, 1918
Sold:

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

Service

Splendid was recommissioned at Chatham on 15 May, 1920.

Splendid arrived at Sheerness with Mackay, Swallow and Sportive on 31 October, 1923.

She re-commissioned at Chatham with reduced crew on 29 November, 1923. By March 1925 she was operating in the Mediterrean.

Splendid was re-commissioned at Gibraltar on 15 May, 1926 for service in the Mediterranean.

On 25 September 1928, Lt. Cdr. Richards was tried by Court Martial for having negligently or by default hazarded his command. The charge proved, he was subjected to a severe reprimand.

Splendid rwas e-commissioned at Gibraltar on 24 November, 1928 for service in the Mediterranean.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander Arthur M. Lecky, 1 October, 1918 – January, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Henry D. C. Stanistreet, 9 January, 1919 – 8 December, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Mark Singleton, 8 May, 1920 – 18 March, 1922  (soon to be Court Martialed for drinking)
• Lieutenant-Commander Eric P. Vivian, 18 March, 1922 – 8 November, 1923
• Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth L. Campbell, 8 November, 1923 – 25 September, 1925
• Lieutenant-Commander John B. Falls, 10 July, 1925 – 20 September, 1927
• Lieutenant-Commander John de C. Richards, 20 June, 1927 – July, 1929
• Lieutenant-Commander Herbert W. Williams, 10 July, 1929 – 3 August, 1930
• Lieutenant-Commander James A. McCoy, July, 1930 – late 1930  (transferred out to Shamrock)

See Also

• Wikipedia