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==Service==
 
==Service==
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She reduced to Reserve Fleet at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 862}}
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She reduced to Reserve Fleet at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 268}}
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Paid off to Maintenance Reserve in Rosyth on 6 October, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 267}}
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She was commissioned at Rosyth on 2 June, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 268}} and completed to special complement at Chatham on 1 October, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 271}}
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In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10.  Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
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She was reduced to reserve at The Nore on 9 September, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 273}}
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''Scimitar'' left Scarborough for Chatham with {{UK-Scout}} on 13 August, 1934.{{MoS|15 Aug. 1934, p. 19}}
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''Scimitar'' arrived at Harwich on 31 October, 1934.{{MoS|2 Nov. 1934, p. 4}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Christopher John Francis Eddis|nick=Christopher J. F. Eddis|appt=19 March, 1918<ref>Eddis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/98.|D7604510}} f. ?.</ref>|end=19 October, 1918<ref>Eddis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/98.|D7604510}} f. ?.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=died of influenza}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=21 October, 1918<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 905}}|end=6 February, 1919<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=21 October, 1918<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 905}}|end=6 February, 1919<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Edward Eastwick-Field|nick=Edward Eastwick-Field|appt=21 June, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 862}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Helsham Heath-Caldwell|nick=Cuthbert H. Heath-Caldwell|appt=6 February, 1919|end=December, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Henry Jauncey|nick=John H. Jauncey|appt=31 December, 1919{{NavAppts|Friday, January 2, 1920, Issue 42297, p.16}}<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>|end=1 February, 1920<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Eastwick-Field|nick=Edward Eastwick-Field|appt=21 June, 1920<ref>Eastwick-Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/289.|D7605374}} f. 662.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 862}}|end=|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Arthur Startin|nick=Robert A. Startin|appt=10 July, 1924<ref>Startin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/105.|}} f. 107.</ref>{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}|end=28 August, 1924<ref>Startin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/105.|}} f. 107.</ref>|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Ninian George Rodney Crawford|nick=Ninian G. R. Crawford|appt=1 June, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 268}}|end=|note=not noted as being "in command"}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Luard Pears|nick=Arthur L. Pears|appt=21 January, 1933{{NavAppts|23 Jan. 1933, p. 7}}<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/176.|}} f. 178.</ref>|end=31 January, 1933<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/176.|}} f. 178.</ref>|note=temporary, for trials, after which some time out of service}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=26 May, 1938<ref>Bostock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/91.|}} f. 91.</ref>{{ToL|H.M.S. Scimitar|Monday, May 30, 1938; pg. 7; Issue 48007}}|end=7 June, 1938<ref>Bostock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/91.|}} f. 91.</ref>|note=for trials}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Mark Thornton|nick=Mark Thornton|appt=7 June, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}|end=26 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Denys Franks|nick=Robert D. Franks|appt=26 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}|end=20 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Charles George Cuthbertson|nick=Charles G. Cuthbertson|appt=20 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}|end=July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gilbert Charles Potter|nick=Gilbert C. Potter|appt=1 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}|end=18 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNVR}}|name=Philip Archer-Shee|nick=Philip Archer-Shee|appt=18 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}|end=October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNVR}}|name=Allan Arthur Gotelee|nick=Allan A. Gotelee|appt=October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}|end=January, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4237}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 09:52, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. Scimitar (1918)
Pendant Number: G.41 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 27 Feb, 1918[4]
Completed: 13 Apr, 1918[5]
Sold:

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

Service

She reduced to Reserve Fleet at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.[6]

Paid off to Maintenance Reserve in Rosyth on 6 October, 1927.[7]

She was commissioned at Rosyth on 2 June, 1931[8] and completed to special complement at Chatham on 1 October, 1931.[9]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[10]

She was reduced to reserve at The Nore on 9 September, 1936.[11]

Scimitar left Scarborough for Chatham with Scout on 13 August, 1934.[12]

Scimitar arrived at Harwich on 31 October, 1934.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 268.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 267.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 268.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 271.
  10. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 273.
  12. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 15 Aug. 1934, p. 19.
  13. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 2 Nov. 1934, p. 4.
  14. ↑ Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
  15. ↑ Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
  16. ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  18. ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  19. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, January 2, 1920, Issue 42297, p.16.
  20. ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  21. ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  22. ↑ Eastwick-Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/289. f. 662.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 862.
  24. ↑ Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/105. f. 107.
  25. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  26. ↑ Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/105. f. 107.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 268.
  28. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 23 Jan. 1933, p. 7.
  29. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/176. f. 178.
  30. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/176. f. 178.
  31. ↑ Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
  32. ↑ "H.M.S. Scimitar." The Times (London, England), Monday, May 30, 1938; pg. 7; Issue 48007.
  33. ↑ Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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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
Yarrow Specials
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