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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Sydney on 5 August, 1926.{{NLFeb26|p. 295}}
Paid off into "E" class Reserve 21 December, 1929.{{NLJan33|p. 298}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Everard Hughes White|nick=Charles E. Hughes White|appt=1 April, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 951}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Everard Hughes White|nick=Charles E. Hughes White|appt=12 March, 1919<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/276.|D7604373}} f. ?.</ref>|ass=1 April, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 951}}|end=31 January, 1922<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/276.|D7604373}} f. ?.</ref>|note=in R.A.N. service from some point in 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommAU}}|name=Reginald Charles Creer|nick=Reginald C. Creer|appt=21 July, 1921|end=|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Swordsman''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=5 August, 1926<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/473564/5 R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref>|end=4 May, 1927<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/473564/5 R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref>|note=and as Commander (D)|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Swordsman''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher Hildyard Ringrose|nick=Christopher H. Ringrose|appt=5 May, 1927<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/474474/5 R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 294}}|end=9 January, 1928<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/474474/5 R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Swordsman''|note=and as Commander (D)}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Ronald Mawson Black|nick=Arthur R. M. Black|appt=10 January, 1928<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/473088/5 Black R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref>{{NLFeb26|p. 295}}|end=15 August, 1929<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/473088/5 Black R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Swordsman''}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:07, 5 November 2020

H.M.S. Swordsman (1918)
Pendant Number: F.3A (Mar 1919)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 28 Dec, 1918[4]
Completed: Mar, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

She later transferred to the R.A.N. as H.M.A.S. Swordsman.

Service

Commissioned at Sydney on 5 August, 1926.[6]

Paid off into "E" class Reserve 21 December, 1929.[7]

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. (February, 1926). p. 295.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 298.
  8. ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/276. f. ?.
  9. ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/276. f. ?.
  10. ↑ R.A.N. Service Record.
  11. ↑ R.A.N. Service Record.
  12. ↑ R.A.N. Service Record.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 294.
  14. ↑ R.A.N. Service Record.
  15. ↑ Black R.A.N. Service Record.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 295.
  17. ↑ Black R.A.N. Service Record.

Bibliography


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