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|launch=1 Mar, 1919{{DittColl|p. 76}} | |launch=1 Mar, 1919{{DittColl|p. 76}} | ||
|comp=24 Jun, 1919{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 311}} | |comp=24 Jun, 1919{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 311}} | ||
|builder=[[Yarrow]]{{Conways1906|p. 84}} | |builder=[[Yarrow & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 84}} | ||
|pend=F.A5 (Jun 1919){{DittColl|p. 76}} | |pend=F.A5 (Jun 1919){{DittColl|p. 76}} | ||
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
'''H.M.S. ''Tuscan''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending. She was completed in the year after the war. | '''H.M.S. ''Tuscan''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending. She was completed in the year after the war. | ||
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''Tuscan'' was commissioned for Reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 878}} | ''Tuscan'' was commissioned for Reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 878}} | ||
She re-commissioned at Devonport on 7 February, 1925.{{ | She re-commissioned at Devonport on 7 February, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 276}} | ||
Paid off into the Rosyth Maintenance Reserve on 20 December, 1927.{{ | Paid off into the Rosyth Maintenance Reserve on 20 December, 1927.{{NLJul31|p. 275''a''}} | ||
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.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Tuscan''"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Tuscan''"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Benedict Spurgin|nick=John B. Spurgin|appt=16 May, 1919<ref>Spurgin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}} f. 360.</ref>|end=23 July, 1919<ref>Spurgin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}} f. 360.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Benedict Spurgin|nick=John B. Spurgin|appt=16 May, 1919<ref>Spurgin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}} f. 360.</ref>|end=23 July, 1919<ref>Spurgin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}} f. 360.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Charles Lindsay Evan-Thomas|nick=Charles L. Evan-Thomas|appt=2 June, 1920|end=|note=for Reserve Fleet Exercises}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Bourchier Wrey|nick=H. Bourchier Wrey|appt=5 October, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 878}}|end=|note=cancelled, according to his service record}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Bourchier Wrey|nick=H. Bourchier Wrey|appt=5 October, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 878}}|end=|note=cancelled, according to his service record}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Benedict Spurgin|nick=John B. Spurgin|appt=c. January, 1921<ref>Spurgin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}} f. 360.</ref>|end=February, 1921<ref>Spurgin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}} f. 360.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Benedict Spurgin|nick=John B. Spurgin|appt=c. January, 1921<ref>Spurgin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}} f. 360.</ref>|end=February, 1921<ref>Spurgin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}} f. 360.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Philip John Mack|nick=Philip J. Mack|appt=10 April, 1923{{NLJan23|p. 818}}<ref>Mack Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/21.|D7605777}} f. 21.</ref>|end=July, 1923<ref>Mack Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/21.|D7605777}} f. 21.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Philip John Mack|nick=Philip J. Mack|appt=10 April, 1923{{NLJan23|p. 818}}<ref>Mack Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/21.|D7605777}} f. 21.</ref>|end=July, 1923<ref>Mack Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/21.|D7605777}} f. 21.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=4 December, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 277}}|end=19 August, 1924}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=4 December, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 277}}|end=19 August, 1924}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Irvine Gordon Glennie|nick=Irvine G. Glennie|appt=19 August, 1924|end=November, 1924}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee|nick=Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee|appt=28 November, 1924<ref>Warburton-Lee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM196/146.|D8124407}} f. 1.</ref>|end=7 February, 1925<ref>Warburton-Lee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM196/146.|D8124407}} f. 1.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee|nick=Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee|appt=28 November, 1924<ref>Warburton-Lee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM196/146.|D8124407}} f. 1.</ref>|end=7 February, 1925<ref>Warburton-Lee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM196/146.|D8124407}} f. 1.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson|nick=Reginald B. C. Hutchinson|appt=October, 1927<ref>Hutchinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>|end=November, 1927<ref>Hutchinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>|note=lent, for passage to Rosyth}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson|nick=Reginald B. C. Hutchinson|appt=October, 1927<ref>Hutchinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>|end=November, 1927<ref>Hutchinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>|note=lent, for passage to Rosyth}} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:56, 14 February 2022
| H.M.S. Tuscan (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.A5 (Jun 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Yarrow & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3] |
| Launched: | 1 Mar, 1919[4] |
| Completed: | 24 Jun, 1919[5] |
| Scrapped: | 1932 |
H.M.S. Tuscan was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending. She was completed in the year after the war.
Service
Tuscan was commissioned for Reserve at Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.[6]
She re-commissioned at Devonport on 7 February, 1925.[7]
Paid off into the Rosyth Maintenance Reserve on 20 December, 1927.[8]
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.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander John B. Spurgin, 16 May, 1919[10] – 23 July, 1919[11]
- Lieutenant in Command Charles L. Evan-Thomas, 2 June, 1920 (for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
- Lieutenant-Commander H. Bourchier Wrey, 5 October, 1920[12] (cancelled, according to his service record)
- Lieutenant-Commander John B. Spurgin, c. January, 1921[13] – February, 1921[14]
- Lieutenant-Commander Philip J. Mack, February, 1921[15] – July, 1921[16]
- Lieutenant in Command Eric P. Vivian, late July, 1921 – 18 March, 1922 (took passage to ship in Monarch)
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Harvey, 27 April, 1922[17] – November, 1922[18]
- Commander Richard L. Hamer, October, 1922 – November, 1922
- Lieutenant-Commander Donal S. McGrath, c. 13 December, 1922[19][20] – March, 1923[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Philip J. Mack, 10 April, 1923[22][23] – July, 1923[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander Donald C. Brock, 4 December, 1923[25] – 19 August, 1924
- Lieutenant-Commander Irvine G. Glennie, 19 August, 1924 – November, 1924
- Lieutenant-Commander Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee, 28 November, 1924[26] – 7 February, 1925[27]
- Commander Reginald B. C. Hutchinson, October, 1927[28] – November, 1927[29] (lent, for passage to Rosyth)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 878.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 276.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 275a.
- ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 878.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
- ↑ Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/21. f. 21.
- ↑ Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/21. f. 21.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/89. f. 47.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 818.
- ↑ Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/21. f. 21.
- ↑ Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/21. f. 21.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 277.
- ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM196/146. f. 1.
- ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM196/146. f. 1.
- ↑ Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
- ↑ Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
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