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|comp=17 Jul, 1919{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 312}}
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|pend=F.35 (Jun1919){{DittColl|p. 75}}
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''Torbay'' was one of 67 destroyers of the [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Torbay''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending.  She was completed after the war.
 
==Service==
''Torbay'' reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.{{NLJul27|p. 275}}
 
''Torbay'' was transferred to the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] in 1928, commissioning at Portsmouth on 1 March as '''H.M.C.S. ''Champlain'''''. She served a training ship until 1936.


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Li0onel G. Foote]], August, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 876.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Loben Edward Harold Maund|nick=Loben E. H. Maund|appt=1 October, 1919|end=5 March, 1920}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=4 March, 1920<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 855}}|end=1 September, 1920<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|note=and for charge of group of T.B.Ds. in Reserve, and for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel George Foote|nick=Lionel G. Foote|appt=August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 876}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Victor Gabriel Brodeur|nick=Victor G. Brodeur|appt=1929|end=|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Champlain''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommCA}}|name=Valentine Stuart Godfrey|nick=Valentine S. Godfrey|appt=23 May, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 299}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Champlain''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommCA}}|name=Wallace Bourchier Creery|nick=Wallace B. Creery|appt=23 May, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 299}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Champlain''}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:52, 14 August 2020

H.M.S. Torbay (1918)
Pendant Number: F.35 (Jun1919)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 6 Mar, 1918[4]
Completed: 17 Jul, 1919[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Torbay was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending. She was completed after the war.

Service

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

Torbay was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1928, commissioning at Portsmouth on 1 March as H.M.C.S. Champlain. She served a training ship until 1936.

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. (July, 1927). p. 275.
  7. ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 855.
  9. ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 876.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 299.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 299.

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