H.M.S. Stronghold (1919)

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H.M.S. Stronghold (1919)
Pendant Number: F.A8 (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 6 May, 1919[4]
Completed: 2 Jul, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

Service

She was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.[6]

Reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1925.[7]

In September 1926 she was selected to relieve Winchester when the latter ship was to undergo a retubing refit. Stronghold took on the crew of Winchester and became a tender to Vernon.[8] This lasted only until January, 1927, when Winchester was returned to service and took back her old role. Stronghold ceased being a tender to Vernon and was reduced to Reserve on 10 January, 1927.[9]

She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 30 March, 1928.[10]

The ship was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1931.[11]

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.[12]

Stronghold was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 September, 1934 under Lt. Cdr. Arthur Caerlyon Stanford for service with the Home Fleet.[13]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 January, 1937.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 868.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 272.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 20 Sept. 1926, p. 7.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 271.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 271.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 276.
  12. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 276.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
  15. Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.
  16. Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.
  17. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 June 1920, p. 6.
  18. Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
  19. Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
  20. Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 272.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  23. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  24. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  25. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  26. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  27. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Sept. 1926, p. 7.
  28. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  29. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 30 Dec. 1926, p. 5.
  30. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 271.
  32. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  33. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  34. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 271.
  36. Cobby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/748. f. 750.
  37. Cobby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/748. f. 750.
  38. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 27, 1932, Issue 46144, p.25.
  39. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 274.
  40. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 276.
  41. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Aug. 1934, p. 21.
  42. Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
  43. Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
  44. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 276.
  45. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
  46. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 17 Apr. 1939, p. 23.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.

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