H.M.S. Stronghold (1919)

H.M.S. Stronghold (1919)
Pendant Number:	F.A8 (Jun 1919)
Builder:	Scott
Ordered:	Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)
Launched:	6 May, 1919
Completed:	2 Jul, 1919
Sold:

H.M.S. Stronghold 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 Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Edward S. Graham, 18 June, 1919 – 18 August, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Hugh B. Wrey, 21 June, 1920 – 28 September, 1920  (for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
• Lieutenant-Commander Cuthbert P. Blake, 16 February, 1924 – 29 August, 1924  (temporary)
• Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Evans, 25 February, 1928 – 1 June, 1926  (for passage to Rosyth)
• Commander Jack S. Hoffmann,  – 2 March, 1942  (killed when vessel lost under his command)

See Also

• Wikipedia