H.M.S. Scimitar (1918)

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H.M.S. Scimitar (1918)
Pendant Number: G.41 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 27 Feb, 1918[4]
Completed: 13 Apr, 1918[5]
Sold:

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

Service

She reduced to Reserve Fleet at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.[6]

Paid off to Maintenance Reserve in Rosyth on 6 October, 1927.[7]

She was commissioned at Rosyth on 2 June, 1931[8] and completed to special complement at Chatham on 1 October, 1931.[9]

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.[10]

She was reduced to reserve at The Nore on 9 September, 1936.[11]

Scimitar left Scarborough for Chatham with Scout on 13 August, 1934.[12]

Scimitar arrived at Harwich on 31 October, 1934.[13]

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. (April, 1925). p. 268.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 267.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 268.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 271.
  10. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 273.
  12. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 15 Aug. 1934, p. 19.
  13. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 2 Nov. 1934, p. 4.
  14. Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
  15. Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
  16. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  18. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  19. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, January 2, 1920, Issue 42297, p.16.
  20. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  21. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  22. Eastwick-Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/289. f. 662.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 862.
  24. Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/105. f. 107.
  25. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  26. Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/105. f. 107.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 268.
  28. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 23 Jan. 1933, p. 7.
  29. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/176. f. 178.
  30. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/176. f. 178.
  31. Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
  32. "H.M.S. Scimitar." The Times (London, England), Monday, May 30, 1938; pg. 7; Issue 48007.
  33. Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
  34. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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