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Reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 272}}
 
Reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 272}}
  
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She was Reduced to Reserve on 10 January, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 271}}
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In September 1926 she was selected to relieve {{UK-Winchester}} when the latter ship was to undergo a retubing refit.  ''Stronghold'' took on the crew of ''Winchester'' and became a tender to {{UK-Vernon}}.{{NMI|20 Sept. 1926, p. 7}}  This lasted only until January, 1927, when ''Winchester'' was returned to service and took back her old role.  ''Stronghold'' ceased being a tender to ''Vernon'' and was reduced to Reserve on 10 January, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 271}}
  
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Paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 30 March, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 271}}
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She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 30 March, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 271}}
  
 
The ship was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1931.{{NLJul34|p. 276}}
 
The ship was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1931.{{NLJul34|p. 276}}
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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}}
  
 
''Stronghold'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 September, 1934 under Lt. Cdr. [[Arthur Caerlyon Stanford]] for service with the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLOct35|p. 276}}
 
''Stronghold'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 September, 1934 under Lt. Cdr. [[Arthur Caerlyon Stanford]] for service with the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLOct35|p. 276}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Patrick Blake|nick=Cuthbert P. Blake|appt=16 February, 1924<ref>Blake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 272}}|end=29 August, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 272}}|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Patrick Blake|nick=Cuthbert P. Blake|appt=16 February, 1924<ref>Blake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 272}}|end=29 August, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 272}}|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor St. Vincent Frederick Tyler|nick=Trevor St. V. F. Tyler|appt=29 August, 1924<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 272}}|end=24 September, 1925<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor St. Vincent Frederick Tyler|nick=Trevor St. V. F. Tyler|appt=29 August, 1924<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 272}}|end=24 September, 1925<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Faviell|nick=Douglas Faviell|appt=5 January, 1927|end=1927|note=transferred out to {{UK-Winchester}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=September, 1926<ref>Snepp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/127/281.|}} f. 281.</ref>{{NavAppts|8 Sept. 1926, p. 7}}|end=December, 1926<ref>Snepp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/127/281.|}} f. 281.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Faviell|nick=Douglas Faviell|appt=5 January, 1927{{NavAppts|30 Dec. 1926, p. 5}}|end=1927|note=transferred out to {{UK-Winchester}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor St. Vincent Frederick Tyler|nick=Trevor St. V. F. Tyler|appt=15 June, 1927<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 271}}|end=7 November, 1927<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor St. Vincent Frederick Tyler|nick=Trevor St. V. F. Tyler|appt=15 June, 1927<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 271}}|end=7 November, 1927<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Evans|nick=Arthur Evans|appt=25 February, 1928<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|D7604783}} f. 31.</ref>|end=1 June, 1926<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|D7604783}} f. 31.</ref>|note=for passage to Rosyth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Evans|nick=Arthur Evans|appt=25 February, 1928<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|D7604783}} f. 31.</ref>|end=1 June, 1926<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|D7604783}} f. 31.</ref>|note=for passage to Rosyth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Charles Lucas Mackenzie|nick=Colin C. L. Mackenzie|appt=26 March, 1931|end=mid April, 1931{{INF}}|note=for passage to Portsmouth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Charles Lucas Mackenzie|nick=Colin C. L. Mackenzie|appt=26 March, 1931|end=mid April, 1931{{INF}}|note=for passage to Portsmouth}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Noel Hughes Whatley|nick=Noel H. Whatley|appt=14 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 271}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Noel Hughes Whatley|nick=Noel H. Whatley|appt=14 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 271}}|end=c. August, 1931}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Harris Cobby|nick=John H. Cobby|appt=c. August, 1931<ref>Cobby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/748.|}} f. 750.</ref>|end=11 June, 1932<ref>Cobby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/748.|}} f. 750.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Tara}} on unknown date}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Graham Stewart|nick=Richard G. Stewart|appt=11 June, 1932{{NavAppts|Friday, May 27, 1932, Issue 46144, p.25}}{{NLJan33|p. 274}}|end=12 June, 1933{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Graham Stewart|nick=Richard G. Stewart|appt=11 June, 1932{{NavAppts|Friday, May 27, 1932, Issue 46144, p.25}}{{NLJan33|p. 274}}|end=12 June, 1933{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Eric Glasfurd|nick=Charles E. Glasfurd|appt=12 June, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 276}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Eric Glasfurd|nick=Charles E. Glasfurd|appt=12 June, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 276}}|end=}}

Latest revision as of 14:03, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. Stronghold (1919)
Pendant Number: F.A8 (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 6 May, 1919[4]
Completed: 2 Jul, 1919[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Stronghold 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 Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.[6]

Reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1925.[7]

In September 1926 she was selected to relieve Winchester when the latter ship was to undergo a retubing refit. Stronghold took on the crew of Winchester and became a tender to Vernon.[8] This lasted only until January, 1927, when Winchester was returned to service and took back her old role. Stronghold ceased being a tender to Vernon and was reduced to Reserve on 10 January, 1927.[9]

She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 30 March, 1928.[10]

The ship was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1931.[11]

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.[12]

Stronghold was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 September, 1934 under Lt. Cdr. Arthur Caerlyon Stanford for service with the Home Fleet.[13]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 January, 1937.[14]

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. (January, 1921). p. 868.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 272.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 20 Sept. 1926, p. 7.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 271.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 271.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 276.
  12. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 276.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
  15. ↑ Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.
  16. ↑ Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.
  17. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 June 1920, p. 6.
  18. ↑ Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
  19. ↑ Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
  20. ↑ Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 272.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  23. ↑ Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  25. ↑ Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  26. ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  27. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Sept. 1926, p. 7.
  28. ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  29. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 30 Dec. 1926, p. 5.
  30. ↑ Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 271.
  32. ↑ Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  33. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  34. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 271.
  36. ↑ Cobby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/748. f. 750.
  37. ↑ Cobby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/748. f. 750.
  38. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 27, 1932, Issue 46144, p.25.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 274.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 276.
  41. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Aug. 1934, p. 21.
  42. ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
  43. ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 276.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
  46. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 17 Apr. 1939, p. 23.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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