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''Thanet'' was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Complement on 29 July, 1920.{{NLJul27|p. 274}}
 
''Thanet'' was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Complement on 29 July, 1920.{{NLJul27|p. 274}}
  
She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 29 October, 1928.{{NLJul34|p. 279}}
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She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 29 October, 1928.{{NLOct35|p. 279}}
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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}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=13 August, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 917}}|end=August, 1920<ref>Creagh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=13 August, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 917}}|end=August, 1920<ref>Creagh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Wilson (b)|nick=George Wilson|appt=12 August, 1929<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/299.}} f. 153.</ref>|end=14 March, 1930<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/299.}} f. 153.</ref>|note=and as Commander (D), Devonport}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Wilson (b)|nick=George Wilson|appt=8 May, 1930<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/299.}} f. 153.</ref>|end=24 June, 1930<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/299.}} f. 153.</ref>|note=and continuing as Commander (D), Devonport}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor St. Vincent Frederick Tyler|nick=Trevor St. V. F. Tyler|appt=c. October, 1930<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>|end=c. November, 1930<ref>Tyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>|note=in command for trials}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=1 July, 1935<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=23 July, 1935<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=1 July, 1935<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=23 July, 1935<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Mowlam|nick=John Mowlam|appt=10 February, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}|end=April 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Bernard Sydney Davies|nick=Bernard S. Davies|appt=April 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}|end=27 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
 
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Latest revision as of 10:07, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. Thanet (1918)
Pendant Number: G.24 (Aug 1919)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 5 Nov, 1918[4]
Completed: 30 Aug, 1919[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Thanet was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending. She was completed after the war.

Service

Thanet was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Complement on 29 July, 1920.[6]

She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 29 October, 1928.[7]

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.[8]

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. (July, 1927). p. 274.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 279.
  8. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  9. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 917.
  10. Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
  11. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
  12. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
  13. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
  14. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
  15. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  16. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  17. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  18. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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