H.M.S. Skate (1917)

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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.

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. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
  10. Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
  11. Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
  12. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
  14. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  15. Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/7. f. 410.
  16. Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/7. f. 410.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 865.
  18. Inferring from Izat's data. L-C's service record not clear.
  19. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, January 24, 1920, Issue 42316, p.6.
  20. The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 865.
  21. Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
  22. Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
  23. The Navy List. (May, 1920). p. 865.
  24. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 865.
  25. Gillett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/96/192. f. 238.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 269.
  27. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 269.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 270.
  29. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 273.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 275.
  31. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 275.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
  33. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Bibliography


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