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A Lt. Cdr. J. B. Newell, D.S.O. was reportedly supposed to take up command on 1 October, 1919, but I cannot identify him.{{NavAppts|23 Sept. 1919, p. 14}} | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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| H.M.S. Skate (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.62 (Jan 1917) G.05 (Jan 1918) F.46 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | Dec 1915 (7th Order)[3][4] |
| Launched: | 11 Jan, 1917[5] |
| Completed: | Feb, 1917[6] |
| Sold: | 4 Mar, 1947[7] |
H.M.S. Skate was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.
Service
She reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 12 March, 1920.[8]
She next commissioned on 16 November, 1926.[9]
Skate was the only one of the sixty-two units in her class to survive to World War II, and she served until late in 1944.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander John C. Hodgson, 31 January, 1917[10] – 27 March, 1917[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander Joseph H. L. Yorke, 2 July, 1917[12][13] – 29 January, 1919[14]
- Commander Basil E. Reinold, 29 January, 1919[15] – March, 1919[16] (left on leave to attend to private affairs)
- Commander Archibald A. Lovett-Cameron, 28 March, 1919[17] – January, 1920[18]
- Lieutenant in Command Ralph G. H. Izat, January, 1920[19][20] – 12 March, 1920[21] (on Oracle paying off)
- Commander Lionel G. Foote, 12 April, 1920[22][23]
- Lieutenant in Command Harold S. Gillett, August, 1920[24] – 22 February, 1922[25] (and for a Reserve Group of destroyers)
- Lieutenant in Command Bertie M. McDonald, 10 July, 1924[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey W. Mott, 30 March, 1927[27]
- Lieutenant in Command Thomas L. Alkin, 4 April, 1928[28]
- Lieutenant-Commander Cecil W. May, 18 December, 1930[29][30] – 15 September, 1931[31]
- Commander Humphrey G. Scott, 14 November, 1932[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Bruce B. Junor, 14 November, 1933[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander Bryan G. Scurfield, 3 January, 1935[34]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward B. Tancock, 19 March, 1936[35]
- Lieutenant-Commander William S. Thomas, 8 May, 1936[36]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles W. Greening, 5 April, 1937[37]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter Evershed, 19 April, 1938[38]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur O. Johnson, 9 January, 1939[39] – 14 March, 1940[40]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert A. Fell, 14 March, 1940[41] – 14 June, 1940[42]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick W. Hayden, 14 June, 1940[43] – 3 July, 1940[44]
- Lieutenant in Command Francis P. Baker, 3 July, 1940[45] – 9 February, 1942[46]
- Lieutenant in Command John Smallwood, 9 February, 1942[47] – April, 1942[48]
- Lieutenant in Command Nicholas M. Mules, April, 1942[49] – 12 May, 1942[50]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Alan W. Preston, 12 May, 1942[51] – 28 May, 1943[52]
- Lieutenant in Command John C. Rushbrooke, 28 May, 1943[53] – 9 January, 1944[54]
- Lieutenant in Command Harvey P. Fleming, 19 January, 1944[55] – 1 June, 1944[56]
- Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command John H. Macalister, 1 June, 1944[57] – late 1944[58]
A Lt. Cdr. J. B. Newell, D.S.O. was reportedly supposed to take up command on 1 October, 1919, but I cannot identify him.[59]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 270.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
- ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/7. f. 410.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/7. f. 410.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 865.
- ↑ Inferring from Izat's data. L-C's service record not clear.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, January 24, 1920, Issue 42316, p.6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 865.
- ↑ Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1920). p. 865.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 865.
- ↑ Gillett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/96/192. f. 238.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 26 June 1924, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 269.
- ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/90. f. 90.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 270.
- ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/90. f. 90.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 273.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 275.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 Feb. 1936, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 15 Apr. 1936, p. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, April 4, 1938, Issue 47960, p.25.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 23 Sept. 1919, p. 14.
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