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'''H.M.S. ''Skate''''' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Skate''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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She reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 12 March, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 865}}
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She reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 12 March, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 270}}
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She next commissioned on 16 November, 1926.{{NLJul37|p. 275}}
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''Skate'' was the only one of the sixty-two units in her class to survive to World War II, and she served until late in 1944.
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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.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke|nick=Joseph H. L. Yorke|appt=2 July, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 908}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Coombe Hodgson|nick=John C. Hodgson|appt=31 January, 1917<ref>Hodgson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/124.|D7603631}} f. 124.</ref>|end=27 March, 1917<ref>Hodgson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/124.|D7603631}} f. 124.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Harold Scott Gillett|nick=Harold S. Gillett|appt=August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 865}}|note=and for a Reserve Group of destroyers}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke|nick=Joseph H. L. Yorke|appt=2 July, 1917<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 908}}|end=29 January, 1919<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>}}
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{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Basil Edward Reinold|nick=Basil E. Reinold|appt=29 January, 1919<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/7.|D7603911}} f. 410.</ref>|end=March, 1919<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/7.|D7603911}} f. 410.</ref>|note=left on leave to attend to private affairs}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Archibald Anthony Lovett-Cameron|nick=Archibald A. Lovett-Cameron|appt=28 March, 1919{{NLFeb20|p. 865}}|end=January, 1920<ref>Inferring from Izat's data.  L-C's service record not clear.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Ralph George Hamilton Izat|nick=Ralph G. H. Izat|appt=January, 1920{{NavAppts|Saturday, January 24, 1920, Issue 42316, p.6}}{{NLMar20|p. 865}}|ass=1 February, 1920{{NLApr20|p. 818}}|end=12 March, 1920<ref>Izat Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/28.|D8116660}} f. 28.</ref>|note=on {{UK-Oracle}} paying off}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel George Foote|nick=Lionel G. Foote|appt=12 April, 1920<ref>Foote Service Records {{TNA|ADM 196/50/53.|D7604465}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLMay20|p. 865}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Harold Scott Gillett|nick=Harold S. Gillett|appt=August, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 865}}|end=22 February, 1922<ref>Gillett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/96/192.|D8116824}} f. 238.</ref>|note=and for a Reserve Group of destroyers}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Bertie Mortimer McDonald|nick=Bertie M. McDonald|appt=10 July, 1924<ref>McDonald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/131.|}} f. 131.</ref>{{NavAppts|26 June 1924, p. 10}}|end=21 August, 1924<ref>McDonald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/131.|}} f. 131.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Francis Waight|nick=Henry F. Waight|appt=16 November, 1926<ref>Waight Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/82.|}} f. 82.</ref>|end=1 February, 1927<ref>Waight Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/82.|}} f. 82.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Wilson Mott|nick=Geoffrey W. Mott|appt=30 March, 1927<ref>Mott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/47.|}}  f. 47.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 269}}|end=4 April, 1928<ref>Mott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/47.|}}  f. 47.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Louis Alkin|nick=Thomas L. Alkin|appt=4 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 269}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cecil Wakeford May|nick=Cecil W. May|appt=18 December, 1930<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/148/90.|}} f. 90.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 270}}|end=15 September, 1931<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/148/90.|}} f. 90.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Humphrey Gilbert Scott|nick=Humphrey G. Scott|appt=14 November, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 273}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bruce Balfour Junor|nick=Bruce B. Junor|appt=14 November, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 275}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bryan Gouthwaite Scurfield|nick=Bryan G. Scurfield|appt=3 January, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 275}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Bernard Tancock|nick=Edward B. Tancock|appt=19 March, 1936{{NavAppts|29 Feb. 1936, p. 7}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Scott Thomas|nick=William S. Thomas|appt=8 May, 1936{{NavAppts|15 Apr. 1936, p. 15}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Woolven Greening|nick=Charles W. Greening|appt=5 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 275}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Evershed|nick=Walter Evershed|appt=19 April, 1938{{NavAppts|Monday, April 4, 1938, Issue 47960, p.25}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Oswald Johnson|nick=Arthur O. Johnson|appt=9 January, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}|end=14 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Augustus Fell|nick=Robert A. Fell|appt=14 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}|end=14 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick William Hayden|nick=Frederick W. Hayden|appt=14 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}|end=3 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Francis Peter Baker|nick=Francis P. Baker|appt=3 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}|end=9 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Smallwood|nick=John Smallwood|appt=9 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}|end=April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Nicholas Marwood Mules|nick=Nicholas M. Mules|appt=April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}|end=12 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Alan Westbury Preston|nick=Alan W. Preston|appt=12 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}|end=28 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Charles Rushbrooke|nick=John C. Rushbrooke|appt=28 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}|end=9 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harvey Patrick Fleming|nick=Harvey P. Fleming|appt=19 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}|end=1 June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNVR}}|name=John Hart Macalister|nick=John H. Macalister|appt=1 June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}|end=late 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4233}}}}
 
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A Lt. Cdr. J. B. Newell, D.S.O. was reportedly supposed to take up command on 1 October, 1919, but I cannot identify him.{{NavAppts|23 Sept. 1919, p. 14}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 11:00, 20 February 2022

H.M.S. Skate (1917)
Pendant Number: F.62 (Jan 1917)
G.05 (Jan 1918)
F.46 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: Dec 1915 (7th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 11 Jan, 1917[5]
Completed: Feb, 1917[6]
Sold: 4 Mar, 1947[7]

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

Service

She reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 12 March, 1920.[8]

She next commissioned on 16 November, 1926.[9]

Skate was the only one of the sixty-two units in her class to survive to World War II, and she served until late in 1944.

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.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

A Lt. Cdr. J. B. Newell, D.S.O. was reportedly supposed to take up command on 1 October, 1919, but I cannot identify him.[66]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
  10. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  11. ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
  12. ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
  13. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
  15. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  16. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/7. f. 410.
  17. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/7. f. 410.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 865.
  19. ↑ Inferring from Izat's data. L-C's service record not clear.
  20. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, January 24, 1920, Issue 42316, p.6.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 865.
  22. ↑ Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
  23. ↑ Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1920). p. 865.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 865.
  26. ↑ Gillett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/96/192. f. 238.
  27. ↑ McDonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/131. f. 131.
  28. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 26 June 1924, p. 10.
  29. ↑ McDonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/131. f. 131.
  30. ↑ Waight Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/82. f. 82.
  31. ↑ Waight Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/82. f. 82.
  32. ↑ Mott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/47. f. 47.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 269.
  34. ↑ Mott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/47. f. 47.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 269.
  36. ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/90. f. 90.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 270.
  38. ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/90. f. 90.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 273.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 275.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 275.
  42. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 Feb. 1936, p. 7.
  43. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 15 Apr. 1936, p. 15.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
  45. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, April 4, 1938, Issue 47960, p.25.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  61. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  62. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  63. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  64. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  65. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  66. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 23 Sept. 1919, p. 14.

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