H.M.S. Starfish (1916)

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H.M.S. Starfish (1916)
Pendant Number: F.60 (Jan 1917)
F.64 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: Dec 1915 (7th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 27 Sep, 1916[5]
Completed: 16 Dec, 1916[6]
Sold: 21 Apr, 1928[7]

H.M.S. Starfish was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Starfish was damaged in a collision with the Lydiard on 17 October, 1919. Lt. Cdr. George Arthur Scott was placed at fault in the incident.[8]

Starfish completed to Reduced Complement at the Nore on 1 November, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  4. March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  6. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  8. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  10. Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  12. Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.
  13. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 910.
  15. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  16. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  17. The Navy List. (November, 1919). p. 910.
  18. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  19. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 867.
  21. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  22. Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/75. f. 74.
  23. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  24. Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/75. f. 74.

Bibliography


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