H.M.S. Sterling (1918)

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H.M.S. Sterling (1918)
Pendant Number: F.A3 (Mar 1919)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 8 Oct, 1918[4]
Completed: Mar, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Sterling recommissioned in Reserve at Chatham on 24 August, 1920.[6]

She was re-commissioned on 7 February, 1925 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[7]

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[8]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October, 1929 for continued service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

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.

This seems somewhat jumbled in late 1919.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 867.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 271.
  10. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  11. "Naval Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 15, 1919; pg. 9; Issue 42152.
  12. Dane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/34. f. ?.
  13. Dane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/34. f. ?.
  14. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, January 10, 1920, Issue 42304, p.15.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 867.
  16. Gourley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/33. f. 38.
  17. Gourley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/33. f. 38.
  18. Medway Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/154/26. f. 26.
  19. Medway Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/154/26. f. 26.
  20. Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM196/146. f. 1.
  21. Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM196/146. f. 1.
  22. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  23. Arliss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/66. f. 66.
  24. Husband-Clutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/126. f. 126.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 271.
  26. Husband-Clutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/126. f. 126.
  27. "Command of the Torrid." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 11, 1932; pg. 17; Issue 46182.

Bibliography


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Sirdar Somme Success Shamrock Shikari
Senator Sepoy Seraph Swallow Swordsman
Steadfast Sterling Tribune Trinidad Tactician
Tara Tasmania Tattoo Scythe Seabear
Seafire Searcher Seawolf Sportive Stalwart
Tilbury Tintagel Sardonyx Stonehenge Stormcloud
Spear Spindrift Serapis Serene Sesame
Strenuous Stronghold Sturdy Trojan Truant
Trusty Turbulent Tenedos Thanet Thracian
Thornycroft Specials
Speedy Tobago Torbay Toreador Tourmaline
Yarrow Specials
Torch Tomahawk Tryphon Tumult Turquoise
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