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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Somali''" nat=UK>
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson|nick=Randolph S. G. Nicholson|appt=1 December, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=31 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson|nick=Randolph S. G. Nicholson|appt=1 December, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=31 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|6}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel Peyton Skipwith|nick=Lionel P. Skipwith|appt=31 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=5 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel Peyton Skipwith|nick=Lionel P. Skipwith|appt=31 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=5 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clifford Caslon|nick=Clifford Caslon|appt=5 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=23 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clifford Caslon|nick=Clifford Caslon|appt=5 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=23 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Henry Brown Shaw|nick=Thomas H. B. Shaw|appt=23 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=19 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Henry Brown Shaw|nick=Thomas H. B. Shaw|appt=23 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=19 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clifford Caslon|nick=Clifford Caslon|appt=19 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=24 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clifford Caslon|nick=Clifford Caslon|appt=19 February, 1941<ref>Caslon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/81.|}} f. 81.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=24 July, 1941<ref>Caslon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/81.|}} f. 81.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Donald Keppel Bain|nick=Donald K. Bain|appt=15 August, 1941<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/107.|D8116430}} f. ?.</ref>|end=22 March, 1942<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/107.|D8116430}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Donald Keppel Bain|nick=Donald K. Bain|appt=15 August, 1941<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/107.|D8116430}} f. ?.</ref>|end=22 March, 1942<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/93/107.|D8116430}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John William Musgrave Eaton|nick=John W. M. Eaton|appt=23 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=28 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John William Musgrave Eaton|nick=John W. M. Eaton|appt=23 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}|end=28 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4435}}}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 09:30, 24 February 2021

H.M.S. Somali (1937)
Pendant Number: F33[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Laid down: 26 Aug, 1936[3]
Launched: 24 Aug, 1937[4]
Commissioned: 12 Dec, 1938[5]
Torpedoed: 20 Sep, 1942[6]
Fate: by U.703
H.M.S. Somali was one of twenty-seven Tribal Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Wikipedia.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 40.
  3. Wikipedia.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 40.
  5. Wikipedia.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 40.
  7. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  8. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  9. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. Caslon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/81. f. 81.
  16. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. Caslon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/81. f. 81.
  18. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/107. f. ?.
  20. Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/107. f. ?.
  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. Uboat.net page on the ship.


Tribal Class Destroyer
British Destroyers
Afridi Ashanti Bedouin Cossack Eskimo
Gurkha Maori Mashona Matabele Mohawk
  Nubian Punjabi Sikh  
  Somali Tartar Zulu  
Australian Destroyers
  Arunta Bataan Warramunga  
Canadian Destroyers
  Athabaskan Haida Huron Iroquois  
  Athabaskan Cayuga Micmac Nootka  
<– "G", "H" and "I" Class Destroyers (UK)