H.M.S. Thruster (1917)

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H.M.S. Thruster (1917)
Pendant Number: F.74 (Jan 1917)
F.76 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company/C. A. Parsons & Company[2]
Ordered: Mar 1916 (8th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 10 Jan, 1917[5]
Completed: 30 Mar, 1917[6]
Sold: 1937[7]

H.M.S. Thruster was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Thruster re-commissioned with reduced Complement on 11 October, 1919.[8]

She was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 6 February, 1923.[9]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 26 May, 1926 for work with the Portland Anti-Submarine Flotilla.[10]

The ship was re-commissioned on 21 July, 1933 with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla.[11]

After many years of continuous operation with the Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland and a brief stint as Local Defence destroyers based on Alexandria, Rowena, Torrid and Thruster paid off into Reserve at The Nore on 11 June, 1936.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  4. March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  6. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 873.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 275.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 274.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 280.
  12. "Destroyer Changes." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 30, 1936; pg. 8; Issue 47388.
  13. Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
  14. Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
  15. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  16. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  17. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 919.
  18. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 873.
  20. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 873.
  22. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  23. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  24. Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  25. Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  26. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  27. Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  28. Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  29. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  30. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 274.
  32. Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/233. f. 592.
  33. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 274.
  34. Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/233. f. 592.
  35. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  36. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  37. Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/140. f. 142.
  38. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 278.
  39. Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/140. f. 142.
  40. Arliss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/66. f. 66.
  41. "Command of the Thruster." The Times (London, England), 24 Aug. 1932, p. 15.
  42. Arliss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/66. f. 66.
  43. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 280.
  44. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 280.
  45. William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.
  46. William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.

Bibliography


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