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'''H.M.S. ''Stonehenge''''' was one of 67 destroyers of the [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Stonehenge''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending.
  
 
==Construction==
 
==Construction==
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Due to an error in her plan drawing, she was completed to a scale {{Frac|1|12}} that of other vessels in her class.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTZXp0dSzTw Spinal Tap]</ref>
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Due to an error in her plan drawing, she was completed to a scale {{Frac|1|12}} that of other vessels in her class.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAXzzHM8zLw&ab_channel=Snagamir Spinal Tap]</ref>
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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She paid off on 30 November, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 867}}
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''Stonehenge'' went ashore in a gale on 1 November 1920, "thirty miles from Smyrna. It is feared she will become a complete loss. Warships are standing by salving guns and stores. There has been no loss of life."<ref>''Leicester Evening Mail'' (Thursday, 4 November 1920), p. 1.</ref>
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Her crew was paid off on 30 November, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 867}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Osborne Hewett|nick=George O. Hewett|appt=3 February, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 867}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Lloyd Hamer|nick=Richard L. Hamer|appt=August, 1919|end=3 February, 1920}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Osborne Hewett|nick=George O. Hewett|appt=3 February, 1920<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/49/16.|D7604115}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 867}}|end=30 November, 1920<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/49/16.|D7604115}} f. 8.</ref>}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 02:05, 2 November 2024

H.M.S. Stonehenge (1918)
Pendant Number: G.99 (Aug 1919)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 19 Mar, 1918[4]
Completed: Sep, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

Construction

Due to an error in her plan drawing, she was completed to a scale 1⁄12 that of other vessels in her class.[6]

Service

Stonehenge went ashore in a gale on 1 November 1920, "thirty miles from Smyrna. It is feared she will become a complete loss. Warships are standing by salving guns and stores. There has been no loss of life."[7]

Her crew was paid off on 30 November, 1920.[8]

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. ↑ Spinal Tap
  7. ↑ Leicester Evening Mail (Thursday, 4 November 1920), p. 1.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 867.
  9. ↑ Hewett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/16. f. 8.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 867.
  11. ↑ Hewett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/16. f. 8.

Bibliography


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