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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 February, 1927 for work the the [[Portland Anti-Submarine Flotilla]].{{NLFeb29|p. 275}}  By mid-1931, this was called the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland.{{NLJul31|p. 275}}
 
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 February, 1927 for work the the [[Portland Anti-Submarine Flotilla]].{{NLFeb29|p. 275}}  By mid-1931, this was called the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland.{{NLJul31|p. 275}}
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After many years of continuous operation with the {{UK-ASF}} out of Portland and a brief stint as Local Defence destroyers based on Alexandria, {{UK-Thruster}}, {{UK-Rowena}} and ''Torrid'' paid off into Reserve at The Nore on 11 June, 1936.{{ToL|Destroyer Changes|Saturday, May 30, 1936; pg. 8; Issue 47388}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Walter Kirkby|nick=Ernest W. Kirkby|appt=April, 1917<ref>Kirkby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/87.|D7604499}} f. 216.</ref>{{NLOct19|p. 921}}|end=1 October, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Walter Kirkby|nick=Ernest W. Kirkby|appt=April, 1917<ref>Kirkby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/87.|D7604499}} f. 216.</ref>{{NLOct19|p. 921}}|end=1 October, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Wilfrid Fogarty Fegen|nick=Frederick W. F. Fegen|appt=1 October, 1919{{NLFeb20|p. 876}}|end=28 January, 1920}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Wilfrid Fogarty Fegen|nick=Frederick W. F. Fegen|appt=1 October, 1919{{NLFeb20|p. 876}}{{NavAppts|23 Sept. 1919, p. 14}}|end=28 January, 1920}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Richard Maitland Makgill Crichton|nick=James R. M. M. Crichton|appt=28 January, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 876}}|end=20 January, 1921}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Richard Maitland Makgill Crichton|nick=James R. M. M. Crichton|appt=28 January, 1920{{NavAppts|Friday, January 30, 1920, Issue 42321, p.17}}{{NLDec20|p. 876}}|end=20 January, 1921}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Roger Cousins|nick=Gerald R. Cousins|appt=January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 275}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Smale Edwards|nick=Thomas S. Edwards|appt=20 January, 1921<ref>Edwards Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/96/233.|}} f. 279.</ref>|end=24 October, 1921<ref>Edwards Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/96/233.|}} f. 279.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Barry Kenyon Stevens|nick=Eric B. K. Stevens|appt=15 August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 275}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Roger Cousins|nick=Gerald R. Cousins|appt=January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 275}}|end=11 August, 1927<ref>Cousins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56/124.|}} f. 126.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Thomas Mark Pizey|nick=Charles T. M. Pizey|appt=18 December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 275}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Cecil Fryer|nick=Geoffrey C. Fryer|appt=11 August, 1927<ref>Fryer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/29.|}} f. 29.</ref>{{NavAppts|Wednesday, Jul 27, 1927; pg. 24; Issue 44644}}|end=9 April, 1928<ref>Fryer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/29.|}} f. 29.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Dalby|nick=Robert Dalby|appt=11 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 278}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Jack Grant Bickford|nick=Jack G. Bickford|appt=24 March, 1928<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>{{NavAppts|Monday, Mar 05, 1928; pg. 20; Issue 44833}}|end=15 August, 1928<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Arthur de Winton Kitcat|nick=Charles A. de W. Kitcat|appt=17 November, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 280}}|end=c. 27 May, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Barry Kenyon Stevens|nick=Eric B. K. Stevens|appt=15 August, 1928{{NavAppts|Wednesday, Jul 25, 1928; pg. 10; Issue 44954}}{{NLFeb29|p. 275}}|end=4 January, 1930<ref>Stevens Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/144.|}}  f. 175.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Norrie Graham|nick=Charles G. N. Graham|appt=27 May, 1936|end=1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Basil Ashby Taylor|nick=Basil A. Taylor|appt=23 November, 1929{{NavAppts|Monday, Nov 25, 1929; pg. 7; Issue 45369}}|end=|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Angus Dacres Nicholl|nick=Angus D. Nicholl|appt=3 January, 1930<ref>Nicholl Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/82.|}} f. 82.</ref>{{NavAppts|Tuesday, Dec 03, 1929; pg. 25; Issue 45376}}|end=18 December, 1930<ref>Nicholl Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/82.|}} f. 82.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Thomas Mark Pizey|nick=Charles T. M. Pizey|appt=18 December, 1930{{NavAppts|Tuesday, Nov 11, 1930; pg. 25; Issue 45667}}{{NLJul31|p. 275}}|end=9 July, 1931{{NavAppts|Saturday, Jul 04, 1931; pg. 22; Issue 45866}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Archibald Boyd Russell|nick=Archibald B. Russell|appt=9 July, 1931{{NavAppts|Saturday, Jul 04, 1931; pg. 22; Issue 45866}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Dalby|nick=Robert Dalby|appt=11 July, 1932{{NavAppts|Wednesday, June 8, 1932, Issue 46154, p.4}}{{NLJan33|p. 278}}|end=11 July, 1933{{ToL|Command of the Torrid|13 July 1933, p. 9}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lionel Peyton Skipwith|nick=Lionel P. Skipwith|appt=12 July, 1933{{NavAppts|Thursday, Jun 15, 1933; pg. 20; Issue 46471}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Arthur de Winton Kitcat|nick=Charles A. de W. Kitcat|appt=17 November, 1934{{NavAppts|Monday, Oct 29, 1934; pg. 21; Issue 46897}}{{NLOct35|p. 280}}|end=c. 27 May, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Norrie Graham|nick=Charles G. N. Graham|appt=27 May, 1936{{NavAppts|Friday, May 29, 1936; pg. 20; Issue 47387}}|end=c. 11 June, 1936{{ToL|Destroyer Changes|Saturday, May 30, 1936; pg. 8; Issue 47388}}|succBy=Vessel Retired}}
 
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H.M.S. Torrid (1917)
Pendant Number: F.75 (Jan 1917)
F.80 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Mar 1916 (8th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 10 Feb, 1917[5]
Completed: May, 1917[6]
Handed over: 27 Jan, 1937[7]
Fate: Wrecked 16 Mar 1937

H.M.S. Torrid was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Torrid joined the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla upon her commissioning in May, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Ernest Walter Kirkby. She operated with the flotilla under his direction as part of the Harwich Force through the end of the war until it was disbanded in February, 1919, at which time Torrid was placed in reserve at Devonport.

She completed to reduced Crew on 20 October, 1919.[8]

She was commissioned at Devonport with Reserve Crew on 12 November, 1925.[9]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 February, 1927 for work the the Portland Anti-Submarine Flotilla.[10] By mid-1931, this was called the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla, Portland.[11]

After many years of continuous operation with the Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland and a brief stint as Local Defence destroyers based on Alexandria, Thruster, Rowena and Torrid paid off into Reserve at The Nore on 11 June, 1936.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  4. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  6. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 275a.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 275a.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 275.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 275.
  12. ↑ "Destroyer Changes." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 30, 1936; pg. 8; Issue 47388.
  13. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 921.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 876.
  16. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 23 Sept. 1919, p. 14.
  17. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, January 30, 1920, Issue 42321, p.17.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 876.
  19. ↑ Edwards Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/96/233. f. 279.
  20. ↑ Edwards Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/96/233. f. 279.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 275.
  22. ↑ Cousins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/124. f. 126.
  23. ↑ Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
  24. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 27, 1927; pg. 24; Issue 44644.
  25. ↑ Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
  26. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  27. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 05, 1928; pg. 20; Issue 44833.
  28. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  29. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 25, 1928; pg. 10; Issue 44954.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 275.
  31. ↑ Stevens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/144. f. 175.
  32. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 25, 1929; pg. 7; Issue 45369.
  33. ↑ Nicholl Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/82. f. 82.
  34. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 03, 1929; pg. 25; Issue 45376.
  35. ↑ Nicholl Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/82. f. 82.
  36. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 11, 1930; pg. 25; Issue 45667.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 275.
  38. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 04, 1931; pg. 22; Issue 45866.
  39. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 04, 1931; pg. 22; Issue 45866.
  40. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, June 8, 1932, Issue 46154, p.4.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 278.
  42. ↑ "Command of the Torrid." The Times (London, England), 13 July 1933, p. 9.
  43. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jun 15, 1933; pg. 20; Issue 46471.
  44. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 29, 1934; pg. 21; Issue 46897.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 280.
  46. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 29, 1936; pg. 20; Issue 47387.
  47. ↑ "Destroyer Changes." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 30, 1936; pg. 8; Issue 47388.

Bibliography


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Admiralty Design
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Yarrow Specials
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