H.M.S. Thracian (1920)

H.M.S. Thracian (1920)
Pendant Number:	G.A4 (1920)
Builder:	Hawthorn Leslie & Company
Ordered:	Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)
Launched:	5 Mar, 1920
Completed:	21 Apr, 1920
Sold:

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

She was completed in 1920.

Service

Re-commissioned on 17 January, 1925 for duty in the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 under the command of Hamilton Edward Snepp for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.

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

Re-commissioned in Reserve at Chatham on 12 February, 1932.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Henry D. C. Stanistreet, 15 February, 1922 – 19 March, 1922  (fro period of trials)
• Commander John M. Porter, 1 January, 1925 – 7 July, 1925
• Lieutenant-Commander Charles F. Bush, 7 July, 1925 – 31 May, 1926
• Lieutenant-Commander Reginald Nash, 31 May, 1926 – 14 January, 1927
• Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 7 January, 1927 – February, 1929
• Commander Noel L. Veresmith, 1 February, 1929 – February, 1931
• Commander Gerald C. Banister, 9 February, 1931

See Also

• Wikipedia