H.M.S. Radstock (1916)

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H.M.S. Radstock (1916)
Pendant Number: G.79 (1916)
G.76 (Jan 1917)
G.81 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: May 1915 (6th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 3 Jun, 1916[5]
Sold: 29 Apr, 1927[6]

H.M.S. Radstock was one of 62 destroyers of the "R" class.

Service

Radstock was assigned to the new Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla in September, 1916, though the fighting strength was initially just she and flotilla leader Parker![7]

She re-commissioned with reduced Complement on 15 October, 1919.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Alterations

In 1916, she trialed a Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type B for torpedo control.[12]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  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. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1916). p. 12.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 851.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 889.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 889.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 851.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 30.

Bibliography


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