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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Torch'' was re-commissioned at Malta on 13 September, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 876}} | |||
She was re-commissioned at Devonport with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923.{{NLJul24|p. 275}} | |||
''Torch'' was re-commissioned at Chatham on 27 January, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 275}} | |||
Re-commissioned at Chatham with special crew on 1 May, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 275}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Torch''"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Torch''"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Kenneth Gordon Ramsey|nick=Kenneth G. Ramsey|appt=18 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 921}}|end=11 November, 1920}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Kenneth Gordon Ramsey|nick=Kenneth G. Ramsey|appt=18 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 921}}|end=11 November, 1920}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 876}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=August, 1920<ref>Lilley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 876}}|end=August, 1921<ref>Lilley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Saumarez Butler|nick=Vernon S. Butler|appt=August, 1921<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>|end=20 November, 1921<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Saumarez Butler|nick=Vernon S. Butler|appt=August, 1921<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>|end=20 November, 1921<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Lloyd Hamer|nick=Richard L. Hamer|appt=20 November, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 822}}|end=October, 1922}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Lloyd Hamer|nick=Richard L. Hamer|appt=20 November, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 822}}|end=October, 1922}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Beversham Hanson|nick=Francis B. Hanson|appt=6 July, 1923<ref>Hanson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/32.|}} f. 32.</ref>|end=1923|note=left, undated, on transfer for command of group of T.B.Ds. in reserve}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Balfour Fellowes|nick=Thomas B. Fellowes|appt=4 December, 1923|end=1 April, 1924}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Balfour Fellowes|nick=Thomas B. Fellowes|appt=4 December, 1923|end=1 April, 1924}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=1 April, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 275}}|end=3 December, 1924}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=1 April, 1924<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 275}}|end=3 December, 1924<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Creighton Collinson|nick=Alfred C. Collinson|appt=3 December, 1924<ref>Collinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>|end=January, 1925<ref>Collinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>|note=went to {{UK-Stormcloud}} upon her commissioning}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Daniel Harvey Rainier|nick=Daniel H. Rainier|appt=1 May, 1928<ref>Rainier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/33.|D8123198}} f. 363.</ref>|end=14 December, 1928<ref>Rainier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/33.|D8123198}} f. 363. The service record is obscured by an insert.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Daniel Harvey Rainier|nick=Daniel H. Rainier|appt=1 May, 1928<ref>Rainier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/33.|D8123198}} f. 363.</ref>|end=14 December, 1928<ref>Rainier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/33.|D8123198}} f. 363. The service record is obscured by an insert.</ref>}} | ||
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-10-HMS_Torch.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-10-HMS_Torch.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:58, 1 March 2021
| H.M.S. Torch (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | G.33 (Jun 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Yarrow & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3] |
| Launched: | 16 Mar, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | 11 May, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Torch was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.
Service
Torch was re-commissioned at Malta on 13 September, 1920.[6]
She was re-commissioned at Devonport with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923.[7]
Torch was re-commissioned at Chatham on 27 January, 1925.[8]
Re-commissioned at Chatham with special crew on 1 May, 1928.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant in Command Kenneth G. Ramsey, 18 December, 1918[10] – 11 November, 1920
- Lieutenant-Commander Austen G. Lilley, August, 1920[11][12] – August, 1921[13]
- Commander Vernon S. Butler, August, 1921[14] – 20 November, 1921[15]
- Commander Richard L. Hamer, 20 November, 1921[16] – October, 1922
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis B. Hanson, 6 July, 1923[17] – 1923 (left, undated, on transfer for command of group of T.B.Ds. in reserve)
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas B. Fellowes, 4 December, 1923 – 1 April, 1924
- Lieutenant-Commander David J. R. Simson, 1 April, 1924[18][19] – 3 December, 1924[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander Alfred C. Collinson, 3 December, 1924[21] – January, 1925[22] (went to Stormcloud upon her commissioning)
- Lieutenant-Commander Daniel H. Rainier, 1 May, 1928[23] – 14 December, 1928[24]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 876.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 921.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 876.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Butler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/68. f. 205.
- ↑ Butler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/68. f. 205.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 822.
- ↑ Hanson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/32. f. 32.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 275.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ Collinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/153. f. 153.
- ↑ Collinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/153. f. 153.
- ↑ Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
- ↑ Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363. The service record is obscured by an insert.
Bibliography
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| Tara | Tasmania | Tattoo | Scythe | Seabear | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Spear | Spindrift | Serapis | Serene | Sesame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strenuous | Stronghold | Sturdy | Trojan | Truant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trusty | Turbulent | Tenedos | Thanet | Thracian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thornycroft Specials | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Speedy | Tobago | Torbay | Toreador | Tourmaline | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Torch | Tomahawk | Tryphon | Tumult | Turquoise | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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