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''Sportive'' recommissioned at Malta on 17 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 867}}
''Sportive'' recommissioned at Malta on 17 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 867}}
''Sportive'' arrived at Sheerness with {{UK-Mackay}}, {{UK-Swallow}} and {{UK-1Splendid}} on 31 October, 1923.{{MoS|3 Nov. 1923, p. 4}}


She reduced to Reserve Complement on 5 June, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 271}}
She reduced to Reserve Complement on 5 June, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 271}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=March, 1923<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=October, 1923<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=March, 1923<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=October, 1923<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lewes George Gardner|nick=Lewes G. Gardner|appt=October, 1923<ref>Gardner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/60.|D7604815}} f. 66.</ref>|end=29 November, 1923<ref>Gardner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/60.|D7604815}} f. 66.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lewes George Gardner|nick=Lewes G. Gardner|appt=October, 1923<ref>Gardner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/60.|D7604815}} f. 66.</ref>|end=29 November, 1923<ref>Gardner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/60.|D7604815}} f. 66.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Fraser|nick=The Hon. George Fraser|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}|end=c. 20 August, 1924{{INF}}|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Salisbury Hamilton Simpson|nick=Salisbury H. Simpson|appt=10 July, 1924<ref>Simpson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/280.|}} f. 151.</ref>|end=c. 20 August, 1924{{INF}}|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Salisbury Hamilton Simpson|nick=Salisbury H. Simpson|appt=10 July, 1924<ref>Simpson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/280.|}} f. 151.</ref>|end=c. 20 August, 1924{{INF}}|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Godfrey Ratcliffe Chambers|nick=Godfrey R. Chambers|appt=28 February, 1928<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/224.|D7604979}}  f. 236.</ref>|end=16 August, 1928<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/224.|D7604979}}  f. 236.</ref>|note=for passage to Rosyth|succBy=Vessel Inactivated}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Godfrey Ratcliffe Chambers|nick=Godfrey R. Chambers|appt=28 February, 1928<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/224.|D7604979}}  f. 236.</ref>|end=16 August, 1928<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/224.|D7604979}}  f. 236.</ref>|note=for passage to Rosyth|succBy=Vessel Inactivated}}
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The conflict between Fraser and Simpson is noted.  Simpson's Service Record seems to indicate his appointment to {{UK-Raider}} for the exercises was altered to ''Sportive''.


==See Also==
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 13:11, 12 February 2022

H.M.S. Sportive (1918)
Pendant Number: G.48 (Jan 1919)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 19 Sep, 1918[4]
Completed: Dec, 1918[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Sportive arrived in Alexandria on 9 October 1919.[6]

Sportive arrived in Alexandria on 25 October 1919.[7] She left Malta for the Black Sea on 27 December,[8] passing through Constantinople on the 29th in company with Marlborough, Speedy and Tobago.[9]

The ship arrived again at Constantinople on 13 February, 1920,[10] leaving on the 15th for Mersina.[11]

Sportive recommissioned at Malta on 17 June, 1920.[12]

Sportive arrived at Sheerness with Mackay, Swallow and Splendid on 31 October, 1923.[13]

She reduced to Reserve Complement on 5 June, 1924.[14]

Godfrey Ratcliffe Chambers took command of Sportive for passage to Rosyth in early 1928. Once there, she went into Maintenance Reserve on 30 March, 1928.[15] She would remain in this disposition until being sold in 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. 311.
  6. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 14, 1919; pg. 18; Issue 42230.
  7. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 29, 1919; pg. 6; Issue 42243.
  8. ↑ Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 30, 1919; pg. 19; Issue 42294.
  9. ↑ Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jan 07, 1920; pg. 6; Issue 42301.
  10. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Feb 17, 1920; pg. 4; Issue 42336.
  11. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 23, 1920; pg. 24; Issue 42341.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 867.
  13. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1923, p. 4.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  16. ↑ Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241.
  17. ↑ Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  19. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  20. ↑ Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  22. ↑ "Naval Promotions." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 01, 1921; pg. 12; Issue 42761.
  23. ↑ Binmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/202. f. 214.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 814.
  25. ↑ Binmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/202. f. 214.
  26. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  27. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  28. ↑ Gardner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/60. f. 66.
  29. ↑ Gardner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/60. f. 66.
  30. ↑ Simpson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/280. f. 151.
  31. ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/224. f. 236.
  32. ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/224. f. 236.

Bibliography


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