H.M.S. Thracian (1920)

H.M.S. Thracian (1920)
Pendant Number:	G.A4 (1920)
Builder:	Hawthorn Leslie & Company
Ordered:	Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)
Launched:	5 Mar, 1920
Completed:	21 Apr, 1920
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H.M.S. Thracian was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

She was completed in 1920.

Service

Re-commissioned on 17 January, 1925 for duty in the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 under the command of Hamilton Edward Snepp for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.

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

Re-commissioned in Reserve at Chatham on 12 February, 1932.

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.

Commissioned on 26 October, 1936 under the command of Lt. Cdr. Tancock for service on the China Station.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Henry D. C. Stanistreet, 15 February, 1922 – 19 March, 1922  (fro period of trials)
• Commander John M. Porter, 1 January, 1925 – 7 July, 1925
• Lieutenant-Commander Charles F. Bush, 7 July, 1925 – 31 May, 1926
• Lieutenant-Commander Reginald Nash, 31 May, 1926 – 14 January, 1927
• Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 7 January, 1927 – February, 1929
• Commander Noel L. Veresmith, 1 February, 1929 – February, 1931
• Commander Gerald C. Banister, 9 February, 1931 – 16 December, 1931  (transfer out to Wishart)
• Commander Edward H. Longsdon, 15 January, 1932 – 18 April, 1932
• Lieutenant-Commander Edward B. Tancock, 26 October, 1936
• Lieutenant-Commander Henry G. D. de Chair, 14 August, 1938 – 12 November, 1940
• Commander (retired) Arthur L. Pears, 12 November, 1940 – December 1941  (ship lost under his command)

See Also

• Wikipedia