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|launch=27 Apr, 1918{{DittColl|p. 74}}
 
|launch=27 Apr, 1918{{DittColl|p. 74}}
|builder=[[John Brown]]{{Conways1906|p. 84}}
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|comp=15 Jun, 1918{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 311}}
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|builder=[[John Brown & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 84}}
 
|pend=G.35 (Jun 1918){{DittColl|p. 74}}
 
|pend=G.35 (Jun 1918){{DittColl|p. 74}}
 
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'''H.M.S. ''Scout''''' was one of 67 destroyers of the [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Scout''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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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Reduced to Reserve on 14 August, 1920.{{NLFeb26|p. 268}}
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''Scout'' was commissioned 18 November, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 267}}
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She again commissioned at Chatham on 1 April, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 268}}  She reduced to Reserve on 1 November, 1932.{{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 commissioned as an additional emergency destroyer in the Reserve Fleet at The Nore on 17 May, 1934.{{NLJul34|p. 274}}  She reduced to Reserve on 11 September, 1934.{{NLOct35|p. 274}}
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Re-commissioned on 30 April, 1937 for the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.{{NLJul37|p. 274}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Scout''">
* {{LCommRN}} [[Edmund Francis FitzGerald|Edmund F. FitzGerald]], 24 May, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 905}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edmund Francis FitzGerald|nick=Edmund F. FitzGerald|appt=24 May, 1918<ref>FitzGerald Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/18.|}}  f. 370.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 905}}|end=November, 1919<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/18.|}}  f. 370.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[Joseph Horsfield]], 9 December, 1920, for a group of reserve destroyers.{{NLJan21|p. 862}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Norman Albert Gustave Ohlenschlager|nick=Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager|appt=13 November, 1919<ref>Ohlenschlager Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/275.|D7605360}} f. 645.</ref>|end=17 December, 1919<ref>Ohlenschlager Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/275.|D7605360}} f. 645.</ref>|note=and in charge of a group of T.B.Ds. in reserve}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Leslie Cardale|nick=Ernest L. Cardale|appt=13 November, 1919<ref>Cardale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/127.|D7603379}} f. 131.</ref>|end=21 June, 1920<ref>Cardale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/127.|D7603379}} f. 131.</ref>|note=and in charge of a group of T.B.Ds. in reserve}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edmund Francis FitzGerald|nick=Edmund F. FitzGerald|appt=21 June, 1920<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/18.|}}  f. 370.</ref>{{NavAppts|18 June 1920, p. 6}}|end=November, 1920<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/18.|}}  f. 370.</ref>|note=for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Joseph Horsfield|nick=Joseph Horsfield|appt=9 December, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 862}}|end=1 March, 1922|note=and in command of a group of reserve destroyers}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Joe Henry Claude Willoughby|nick=Joe H. C. Willoughby|appt=10 July, 1924<ref>Willoughby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/268.|}} f. 348.</ref>{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}|end=21 August, 1924<ref>Willoughby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/268.|}} f. 348.</ref>|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Adlebert William Cust John Nicholson|nick=Adlebert W. C. J. Nicholson|appt=29 July, 1930{{NavAppts|28 July 1930, p. 7}}|end=|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Harry Brickes Wallace|nick=William H. B. Wallace|appt=21 March, 1932<ref>Wallace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/247.|}} f. 245.</ref>|end=1 November, 1932<ref>Wallace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/247.|}} f. 245.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stephen Hugh Norris|nick=Stephen H. Norris|appt=19 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 274}}|end=20 May, 1936{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Douglas-Watson|nick=Francis Douglas-Watson|appt=20 May, 1936<ref>Douglas-Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/177.|}} f. 177.</ref>|end=2 June, 1936<ref>Douglas-Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/177.|}} f. 177.</ref>|note=temporary, for sick Norris}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stephen Hugh Norris|nick=Stephen H. Norris|appt=2 June, 1936{{NavAppts|6 June 1936, p. 6}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Gordon Emley|nick=Frank G. Emley|appt=10 March, 1937{{NavAppts|12 Mar. 1937, p. 10}}|end=7 April, 1937|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Crofton Simms|nick=Hugh C. Simms|appt=15 September, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}|end=20 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cecil Hamilton Holmes|nick=Cecil H. Holmes|appt=20 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}|end=12 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Duncan Hamish Harper|nick=Duncan H. Harper|appt=12 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}|end=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Hedworth Lambton|nick=Hedworth Lambton|appt=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}|end=23 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Graham Woodward|nick=Robert G. Woodward|appt=23 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}|end=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary {{LiCRNR}}|name=John Cyril Asquin Hammond|nick=John C. A. Hammond|appt=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}|end=June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Peter Vernon James|nick=Peter V. James|appt=June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}|end=November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNVR}}|name=Arthur Charles Cooper|nick=Arthur C. Cooper|appt=November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}|end=early 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Peter Vernon James|nick=Peter V. James|appt=early 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}|end=early 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Lieutenant, R.A.N.V.R.|name=Charles Patrick Kane-White|nick=Charles P. Kane-White|appt=early 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}|end=late 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4238}}}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
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The overlap between Cardale and Ohlenschlager is noted.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 13:55, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. Scout (1918)
Pendant Number: G.35 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 27 Apr, 1918[4]
Completed: 15 Jun, 1918[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Scout 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]

Reduced to Reserve on 14 August, 1920.[7]

Scout was commissioned 18 November, 1927.[8]

She again commissioned at Chatham on 1 April, 1931.[9] She reduced to Reserve on 1 November, 1932.[10]

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.[11]

She was commissioned as an additional emergency destroyer in the Reserve Fleet at The Nore on 17 May, 1934.[12] She reduced to Reserve on 11 September, 1934.[13]

Re-commissioned on 30 April, 1937 for the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

The overlap between Cardale and Ohlenschlager is noted.

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, 1926). p. 268.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 267.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 268.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 271.
  11. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 274.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 274.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 274.
  15. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  17. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
  18. Ohlenschlager Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/275. f. 645.
  19. Ohlenschlager Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/275. f. 645.
  20. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  21. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  22. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
  23. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 June 1920, p. 6.
  24. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 862.
  26. Willoughby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/268. f. 348.
  27. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  28. Willoughby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/268. f. 348.
  29. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 28 July 1930, p. 7.
  30. Wallace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/247. f. 245.
  31. Wallace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/247. f. 245.
  32. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 274.
  33. Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
  34. Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
  35. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 6 June 1936, p. 6.
  36. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 12 Mar. 1937, p. 10.
  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.
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Bibliography


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