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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==
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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.
 
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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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