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Revision as of 15:00, 11 June 2016

H.M.S. Spindrift (1918)
Pendant Number: G.21 (Apr 1919)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 30 Dec, 1918[4]
Completed: 2 Apr, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

Service

She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.[6]

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. 312.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  8. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  9. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.

Bibliography


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