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Reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 272}}
 
Reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 272}}
  
She was Reduced to Reserve on 10 January, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 271}}
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In September 1926 she was selected to relieve {{UK-Winchester}} when the latter ship was to undergo a retubing refit.  ''Stronghold'' took on the crew of ''Winchester'' and became a tender to {{UK-Vernon}}.{{NMI|20 Sept. 1926, p. 7}}  This lasted only until January, 1927, when ''Winchester'' was returned to service and took back her old role.  ''Stronghold'' ceased being a tender to ''Vernon'' and was reduced to Reserve on 10 January, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 271}}
  
Paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 30 March, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 271}}
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She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 30 March, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 271}}
  
 
The ship was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1931.{{NLJul34|p. 276}}
 
The ship was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1931.{{NLJul34|p. 276}}
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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}}
  
 
''Stronghold'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 September, 1934 under Lt. Cdr. [[Arthur Caerlyon Stanford]] for service with the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLOct35|p. 276}}
 
''Stronghold'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 September, 1934 under Lt. Cdr. [[Arthur Caerlyon Stanford]] for service with the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLOct35|p. 276}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Sidney Graham|nick=Edward S. Graham|appt=18 June, 1919<ref>Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 334.</ref>|end=18 August, 1919<ref>Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 334.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Sidney Graham|nick=Edward S. Graham|appt=18 June, 1919<ref>Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 334.</ref>|end=18 August, 1919<ref>Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 334.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Bourchier Wrey|nick=Hugh B. Wrey|appt=21 June, 1920<ref>Wrey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/62.|D7605149}} f. 420.</ref>|end=28 September, 1920<ref>Wrey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/62.|D7605149}} f. 420.</ref>|note=for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Bourchier Wrey|nick=Hugh B. Wrey|appt=21 June, 1920{{NavAppts|18 June 1920, p. 6}}<ref>Wrey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/62.|D7605149}} f. 420.</ref>|end=28 September, 1920<ref>Wrey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/62.|D7605149}} f. 420.</ref>|note=for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Patrick Blake|nick=Cuthbert P. Blake|appt=16 February, 1924<ref>Blake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 272}}|end=29 August, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 272}}|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Patrick Blake|nick=Cuthbert P. Blake|appt=16 February, 1924<ref>Blake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 272}}|end=29 August, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 272}}|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor St. Vincent Frederick Tyler|nick=Trevor St. V. F. Tyler|appt=29 August, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 272}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor St. Vincent Frederick Tyler|nick=Trevor St. V. F. Tyler|appt=29 August, 1924<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 272}}|end=24 September, 1925<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor St. Vincent Frederick Tyler|nick=Trevor St. V. F. Tyler|appt=15 June, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 271}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=September, 1926<ref>Snepp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/127/281.|}} f. 281.</ref>{{NavAppts|8 Sept. 1926, p. 7}}|end=December, 1926<ref>Snepp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/127/281.|}} f. 281.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Faviell|nick=Douglas Faviell|appt=5 January, 1927{{NavAppts|30 Dec. 1926, p. 5}}|end=1927|note=transferred out to {{UK-Winchester}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor St. Vincent Frederick Tyler|nick=Trevor St. V. F. Tyler|appt=15 June, 1927<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 271}}|end=7 November, 1927<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Evans|nick=Arthur Evans|appt=25 February, 1928<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|D7604783}} f. 31.</ref>|end=1 June, 1926<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|D7604783}} f. 31.</ref>|note=for passage to Rosyth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Evans|nick=Arthur Evans|appt=25 February, 1928<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|D7604783}} f. 31.</ref>|end=1 June, 1926<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|D7604783}} f. 31.</ref>|note=for passage to Rosyth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Charles Lucas Mackenzie|nick=Colin C. L. Mackenzie|appt=26 March, 1931|end=mid April, 1931{{INF}}|note=for passage to Portsmouth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Charles Lucas Mackenzie|nick=Colin C. L. Mackenzie|appt=26 March, 1931|end=mid April, 1931{{INF}}|note=for passage to Portsmouth}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Noel Hughes Whatley|nick=Noel H. Whatley|appt=14 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 271}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Noel Hughes Whatley|nick=Noel H. Whatley|appt=14 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 271}}|end=c. August, 1931}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Harris Cobby|nick=John H. Cobby|appt=c. August, 1931<ref>Cobby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/748.|}} f. 750.</ref>|end=11 June, 1932<ref>Cobby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/748.|}} f. 750.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Tara}} on unknown date}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Graham Stewart|nick=Richard G. Stewart|appt=11 June, 1932{{NavAppts|Friday, May 27, 1932, Issue 46144, p.25}}{{NLJan33|p. 274}}|end=12 June, 1933{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Graham Stewart|nick=Richard G. Stewart|appt=11 June, 1932{{NavAppts|Friday, May 27, 1932, Issue 46144, p.25}}{{NLJan33|p. 274}}|end=12 June, 1933{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Eric Glasfurd|nick=Charles E. Glasfurd|appt=12 June, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 276}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Eric Glasfurd|nick=Charles E. Glasfurd|appt=12 June, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 276}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William David Gordon Weir|nick=William D. G. Weir|appt=3 September, 1934|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hilary Worthington Biggs|nick=Hilary W. Biggs|appt=27 August, 1934{{NavAppts|3 Aug. 1934, p. 21}}|end=September, 1934{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William David Gordon Weir|nick=William D. G. Weir|appt=3 September, 1934<ref>Weir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=18 October, 1934<ref>Weir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Caerlyon Stanford|nick=Arthur C. Stanford|appt=27 September, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 276}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Caerlyon Stanford|nick=Arthur C. Stanford|appt=27 September, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 276}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Neville|nick=Edward Neville|appt=30 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 277}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Neville|nick=Edward Neville|appt=30 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 277}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Frederick Dehn Bowen|nick=John F. D. Bowen|appt=13 April, 1939{{NavAppts|17 Apr. 1939, p. 23}}|end=mid 1939|note=left to {{UK-Caradoc}}, undated}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Alexander|nick=Robert Alexander|appt=16 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4240}}|end=18 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4240}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Alexander|nick=Robert Alexander|appt=16 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4240}}|end=18 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4240}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Giles Robert Pretor-Pinney|nick=Giles R. Pretor-Pinney|appt=18 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4240}}|end=2 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4240}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel lost under his command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Giles Robert Pretor-Pinney|nick=Giles R. Pretor-Pinney|appt=18 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4240}}|end=2 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4240}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel lost under his command}}

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H.M.S. Stronghold (1919)
Pendant Number: F.A8 (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 6 May, 1919[4]
Completed: 2 Jul, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

Service

She was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.[6]

Reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1925.[7]

In September 1926 she was selected to relieve Winchester when the latter ship was to undergo a retubing refit. Stronghold took on the crew of Winchester and became a tender to Vernon.[8] This lasted only until January, 1927, when Winchester was returned to service and took back her old role. Stronghold ceased being a tender to Vernon and was reduced to Reserve on 10 January, 1927.[9]

She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 30 March, 1928.[10]

The ship was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1931.[11]

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.[12]

Stronghold was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 September, 1934 under Lt. Cdr. Arthur Caerlyon Stanford for service with the Home Fleet.[13]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 January, 1937.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 868.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 272.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 20 Sept. 1926, p. 7.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 271.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 271.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 276.
  12. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 276.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
  15. Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.
  16. Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.
  17. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 June 1920, p. 6.
  18. Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
  19. Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
  20. Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 272.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  23. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  24. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  25. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  26. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  27. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Sept. 1926, p. 7.
  28. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  29. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 30 Dec. 1926, p. 5.
  30. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 271.
  32. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  33. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  34. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 271.
  36. Cobby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/748. f. 750.
  37. Cobby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/748. f. 750.
  38. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 27, 1932, Issue 46144, p.25.
  39. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 274.
  40. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 276.
  41. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Aug. 1934, p. 21.
  42. Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
  43. Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
  44. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 276.
  45. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
  46. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 17 Apr. 1939, p. 23.
  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.

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