H.M.S. Turquoise (1918)

H.M.S. Turquoise (1918)
Pendant Number:	G.22 (Mar 1919)
Builder:	Yarrow & Company
Ordered:	Apr, 1917 (1st Order)
Launched:	9 Nov, 1918
Completed:	Mar, 1919
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H.M.S. Turquoise was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending. She was completed after the war.

Service

On 17 January 1921, Turquoise collided with Tourmaline off Ryde Pier as the two departed Portland to join the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla for a three month cruise with the Atlantic Fleet. The two had to go to Portsmouth to await repairs.

Turquoise was re-commissioned on 16 July, 1921.

The ship paid off into the Rosyth Maintenance Reserve on 17 November, 1927.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant in Command Reginald Nash, 1 March, 1919 – 23 April, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander George A. Scott, 15 June, 1919 – 1 October, 1919  (and in charge "of a group")
• Lieutenant-Commander Philip A. Heyder, 1 October, 1919 – 17 June, 1920
• Lieutenant-Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 5 June, 1920 – 13 July, 1921

See Also

• Wikipedia