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'''H.M.S. ''Spindrift''''' was one of 67 destroyers of the [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Spindrift''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending.


==Service==
==Service==
She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 866}}
She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 271}}
 
Commissioned on 16 November, 1927.  By early 1929, she was in Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth, where she remained until at least October 1935.{{NLFeb29|p. 270}}{{NLOct35|p. 276}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Herbert W. Wyld]], D.S.O., 21 June, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 866.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Walter Despard Twigg|nick=Francis W. D. Twigg|appt=1 March, 1919|end=1 October, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Neville|nick=Ralph Neville|appt=1 October, 1919<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/221.|D7604976}} f. 233.</ref>|end=29 October, 1919<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/221.|D7604976}} f. 233.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert William Wyld|nick=Herbert W. Wyld|appt=21 June, 1920<ref>Wyld Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 866}}|end=9 February, 1922<ref>Wyld Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke|nick=Joseph H. L. Yorke|appt=c. November, 1927<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>|end=c. late November, 1927<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}} f. 275.</ref>|note=in command on passage to Rosyth}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:06, 31 December 2018

H.M.S. Spindrift (1918)
Pendant Number: G.21 (Apr 1919)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 30 Dec, 1918[4]
Completed: 2 Apr, 1919[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Spindrift 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 Devonport on 14 August, 1920.[6]

Commissioned on 16 November, 1927. By early 1929, she was in Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth, where she remained until at least October 1935.[7][8]

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. (April, 1925). p. 271.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 276.
  9. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/221. f. 233.
  10. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/221. f. 233.
  11. ↑ Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  13. ↑ Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  14. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  15. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.

Bibliography


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