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Revision as of 16:23, 5 March 2021

H.M.S. Swallow (1918)
Pendant Number: F.73 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 1 Aug, 1918[4]
Completed: 27 Sep, 1918[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Swallow re-commissioned at Malta on 13 September, 1920.[6]

She was re-commissioned at Chatham with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923.[7]

Paid off into Reserve at Chatham on 29 January, 1926.[8]

Paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 30 March, 1928.[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. 869.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 273.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 272.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 278.
  10. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 869.
  12. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 816.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 272.
  15. Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. 99.
  16. Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. 99.
  17. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/176. f. 178.
  18. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/176. f. 178.

Bibliography


"S" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Simoom Scimitar Scotsman Scout Shark
Sparrowhawk Splendid Sabre Saladin Sikh
Sirdar Somme Success Shamrock Shikari
Senator Sepoy Seraph Swallow Swordsman
Steadfast Sterling Tribune Trinidad Tactician
Tara Tasmania Tattoo Scythe Seabear
Seafire Searcher Seawolf Sportive Stalwart
Tilbury Tintagel Sardonyx Stonehenge Stormcloud
Spear Spindrift Serapis Serene Sesame
Strenuous Stronghold Sturdy Trojan Truant
Trusty Turbulent Tenedos Thanet Thracian
Thornycroft Specials
Speedy Tobago Torbay Toreador Tourmaline
Yarrow Specials
Torch Tomahawk Tryphon Tumult Turquoise
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