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'''H.M.S. ''Speedy''''' was one of 67 destroyers of the [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Speedy''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending.


==Service==
==Service==
She recommissioned at Malta on 17 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 866}}
She recommissioned at Malta on 17 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 866}}
''Speedy'' was lost after she collided with a tugboat in the [[Sea of Marmora]] in September, 1922.  She was replaced in service by the {{UK-Tourmaline|f=t}} under Lt. Cdr. [[Donal Scott McGrath|Donal S. McGrath]].  ''Speedy{{'}}s'' survivors would also join the new ship.{{NMI|2 Nov. 1922, p. 20}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LieutRN}} in Command [[Reginald Nash]], 5 July, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 910}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Reginald Nash|nick=Reginald Nash|appt=5 July, 1918<ref>Nash Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|D7605268}} f. 551.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 910}}|end=21 January, 1919<ref>Nash Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|D7605268}} f. 551.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
* {{CommRN}} [[Edward Owen Tudor|Edward O. Tudor]], D.S.O., March 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 866.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Henry de Burgh|nick=Hubert H. de Burgh|appt=21 January, 1919|end=March, 1920}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Owen Tudor|nick=Edward O. Tudor|appt=March, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 866}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ralph Wilmot Wilkinson|nick=Ralph W. Wilkinson|appt=26 February, 1922<ref>Wilkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/89.|D7604188}}  f. 47.</ref>|end=24 September, 1922<ref>Wilkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/89.|D7604188}} f. 47.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 21:20, 8 May 2020

H.M.S. Speedy (1918)
Pendant Number: G.36 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 1 Jun, 1918[4]
Completed: 14 Aug, 1918[5]
Collision: 29 Sep, 1922[6]
Fate: w/ tug in Sea of Marmara

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

Service

She recommissioned at Malta on 17 June, 1920.[7]

Speedy was lost after she collided with a tugboat in the Sea of Marmora in September, 1922. She was replaced in service by the destroyer Tourmaline under Lt. Cdr. Donal S. McGrath. Speedy's survivors would also join the new ship.[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. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 2 Nov. 1922, p. 20.
  9. ↑ Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 910.
  11. ↑ Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  13. ↑ Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/89. f. 47.
  14. ↑ Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/89. f. 47.

Bibliography


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