H.M.S. Serapis (1918)

H.M.S. Serapis (1918)
Pendant Number:	F.21 (Feb 1919)
Builder:	William Denny & Brothers
Ordered:	Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)
Launched:	17 Sep, 1918
Completed:	21 Mar, 1919
Sold:

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

Service

Serapis recommissioned at Devonport on 28 November, 1919.

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923.

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 for duty with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October, 1929 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.

She paid off into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 26 April, 1932.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander Vernon S. Butler, 28 January, 1919 – August, 1921
• Lieutenant-Commander Austen G. Lilley, August, 1921 – October, 1922
• Commander Richard M. Welby, November, 1922 – October, 1923
• Commander David B. Nicol, late October, 1923 – 4 November, 1924
• Lieutenant-Commander Martin J. C. de Meric, 14 November, 1924 – 9 January, 1925
• Commander Edward C. Denison, 5 January, 1925 – 27 May, 1925
• Commander George H. Creswell, 27 May, 1925 – 1 January, 1926
• Commander Charles H. Knox-Little, 1 January, 1926 – 14 April, 1926
• Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 1 April, 1926 – January, 1927
• Commander Percy R. P. Percival, 28 December, 1926 – March, 1929
• Commander John M. Porter, 1 February, 1929 – February, 1931  (lent to Bruce for some time from 5 July 1929)
• Commander Lawrence F. N. Ommanney, 9 February, 1931 – 14 February, 1932

See Also

• Wikipedia