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'''H.M.S. ''Sharpshooter''''' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Sharpshooter''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
She reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 5 March, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 864}}
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''Sharpshooter'' reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 5 March, 1919.{{NLApr25|p. 270}}
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Following an earlier round of a flotilla leader and seventeen destroyers, ''Sharpshooter'' was named as one of an additional fifteen destroyers to be scrapped in the fiscal year starting 1 April, 1926.{{ToL|More Destroyers to be Scrapped|Tuesday, September 22, 1925, Issue 44073, p.7}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{LCommRN}} [[Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|Cecil R. E. W. Perryman]], D.S.C., 13 February, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1919), p. 906a.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William Ralph Leycester|nick=William R. Leycester|appt=10 March, 1917|end=late March, 1917|precBy=New Command}}
{{CommRN}} [[Kenneth Faviell Sworder|Kenneth F. Sworder]], D.S.O., 5 February, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December, 1920), p. 864.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edye Kington Boddam-Whetham|nick=Edye K. Boddam-Whetham|appt=March, 1917<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306.</ref>|end=October, 1917<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=13 February, 1918<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>{{NLFeb20|p. 864}}|end=5 February, 1920<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Kenneth Faviell Sworder|nick=Kenneth F. Sworder|appt=5 February, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 864}}<ref>Sworder Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/259.|D7604356}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=5 February, 1922<ref>Sworder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/259.|D7604356}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Laurence Reynolds Palmer|nick=Laurence R. Palmer|appt=5 February, 1922<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>|end=13 July, 1922<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Valentine Searles-Wood|nick=Valentine Searles-Wood|appt=13 July, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 269}}|end=August, 1924<ref>Searles-Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/317.|D8123904}} f. 315.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Tom Barnholdt Vivian Thomas|nick=Tom B. V. Thomas|appt=29 August, 1924<ref>Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/124.|}} f. 124.</ref>{{NLFeb26|p. 270}}|end=c. late August, 1926<ref>Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/124.|}} f. 124.</ref>{{NavAppts|16 Aug. 1926, p. 12}}|note=transferred out to {{UK-Restless}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 23:56, 1 January 2022

H.M.S. Sharpshooter (1917)
Pendant Number: F.48 (Jan 1917)
F.61 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Beardmore & Company[2]
Ordered: Dec 1915 (7th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 27 Feb, 1917[5]
Completed: 2 Apr, 1917[6]
Sold: 29 Apr, 1927[7]

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

Service

Sharpshooter reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 5 March, 1919.[8]

Following an earlier round of a flotilla leader and seventeen destroyers, Sharpshooter was named as one of an additional fifteen destroyers to be scrapped in the fiscal year starting 1 April, 1926.[9]

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. 270.
  9. "More Destroyers to be Scrapped." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, September 22, 1925, Issue 44073, p.7.
  10. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  11. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  12. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 864.
  14. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 864.
  16. Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. Unnumbered folio.
  17. Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. Unnumbered folio.
  18. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  19. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 269.
  21. Searles-Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/317. f. 315.
  22. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/124. f. 124.
  23. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 270.
  24. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/124. f. 124.
  25. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 16 Aug. 1926, p. 12.

Bibliography


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