H.M.S. Sharpshooter (1917)

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H.M.S. Sharpshooter (1917)
Pendant Number: F.48 (Jan 1917)
F.61 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Ordered: Dec 1915 (7th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 27 Feb, 1917[5]
Completed: 2 Apr, 1917[6]
Sold: 29 Apr, 1927[7]

H.M.S. Sharpshooter was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Sharpshooter reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 5 March, 1919.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  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. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 270.
  9. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  10. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  11. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 864.
  13. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 864.
  15. Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. Unnumbered folio.
  16. Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. Unnumbered folio.
  17. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  18. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 269.
  20. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 270.

Bibliography


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