H.M.S. Splendid (1918)

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H.M.S. Splendid (1918)
Pendant Number: G.57 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 10 Jul, 1918[4]
Completed: Oct, 1918[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Splendid was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

Service

Splendid was recommissioned at Chatham on 15 May, 1920.[6]

She re-commissioned at Chatham with reduced crew on 29 November, 1923. By March 1925 she was operating in the Mediterrean.[7]

Splendid was re-commissioned at Gibraltar on 15 May, 1926 for service in the Mediterranean.[8]

She re-commissioned at Gibraltar on 24 November, 1928 for service in the Mediterranean.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 270.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  10. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  11. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  12. Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  14. Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 814.
  17. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
  18. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 271.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.

Bibliography


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