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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Hopkins|nick=Sydney Hopkins|appt=2 October, 1918<ref>Hopkins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/107.|D7604206}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 909}}|end=17 November, 1919<ref>Hopkins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/107.|D7604206}} f. ?. ''Somme'' is not indicted in his Service Record AT ALL, but the Navy List and Spurgin's data suggest this end date is certain.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Hopkins|nick=Sydney Hopkins|appt=2 October, 1918<ref>Hopkins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/107.|D7604206}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 909}}|end=17 November, 1919<ref>Hopkins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/107.|D7604206}} f. ?. ''Somme'' is not indicted in his Service Record AT ALL, but the Navy List and Spurgin's data suggest this end date is certain.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Benedict Spurgin|nick=John B. Spurgin|appt=17 November, 1919<ref>Spurgin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}} f. 360.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 865}}|end=28 December, | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Benedict Spurgin|nick=John B. Spurgin|appt=17 November, 1919<ref>Spurgin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}} f. 360.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 865}}|end=28 December, 1920<ref>Spurgin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}} f. 360.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Humphrey Edward Archer|nick=Humphrey E. Archer|appt=28 December, 1920<ref>Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/216.|D7605301}} f. 586.</ref>|end=16 December, 1922<ref>Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/216.|D7605301}} f. 586.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Humphrey Edward Archer|nick=Humphrey E. Archer|appt=28 December, 1920<ref>Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/216.|D7605301}} f. 586.</ref>|end=16 December, 1922<ref>Archer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/216.|D7605301}} f. 586.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=c. August, 1922<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 813}}|end=October, 1923<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|note=in command on re-commissioning}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=c. August, 1922<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 813}}|end=October, 1923<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|note=in command on re-commissioning}} | ||
Revision as of 20:53, 13 February 2022
| H.M.S. Somme (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | G.52 (Nov 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
| Ordered: | Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3] |
| Launched: | 10 Sep, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | 4 Nov, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Somme was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.
Service
Somme was recommissioned on 15 December, 1920.[6]
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[7].
Somme was re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[8]
The ship re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October, 1929 for continued service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.[9]
In November 1929, she collided with Stormcloud through circumstances a Court of Enquiry determined was a lack of through and consideration on the part of the other ship's commanding officer.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Sydney Hopkins, 2 October, 1918[11][12] – 17 November, 1919[13]
- Lieutenant-Commander John B. Spurgin, 17 November, 1919[14][15] – 28 December, 1920[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Humphrey E. Archer, 28 December, 1920[17] – 16 December, 1922[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward S. F. Fegen, c. August, 1922[19][20] – October, 1923[21] (in command on re-commissioning)
- Lieutenant-Commander John W. Durnford, October, 1923[22] – 12 November, 1923[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter N. T. Beckett, 12 November, 1923[24] – 30 September, 1924[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis S. W. de Winton, 9 March, 1925[26][27] – 1 March, 1929[28]
- Commander John G. Crossley, February, 1929[29] – 3 October, 1930[30]
- Lieutenant-Commander Philip N. Walter, 1 August, 1930[31] – 17 December, 1931
- Lieutenant-Commander Stuart E. Crewe-Read, 17 December, 1931[32] – 2 May, 1932[33]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 865.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
- ↑ Handley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/331. f. 331.
- ↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 909.
- ↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?. Somme is not indicted in his Service Record AT ALL, but the Navy List and Spurgin's data suggest this end date is certain.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 865.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 813.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ De Winton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/105. f. 105.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 270.
- ↑ De Winton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/105. f. 105.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
- ↑ Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 270.
- ↑ Crewe-Read Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/38. f. 38.
- ↑ Crewe-Read Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/38. f. 38.
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