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'''H.M.S. ''Skilful''''' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Skilful''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.


==Service==
==Service==
She reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 24 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 865}}
''Skilful'' was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 24 August, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 270}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Birmingham Crohan|nick=Patrick B. Crohan|appt=April, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 908}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Christopher Henry Petrie|nick=Christopher H. Petrie|appt=7 March, 1917|end=March, 1917|precBy=New Command}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Birmingham Crohan|nick=Patrick B. Crohan|appt=March, 1917|end=1 May, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Valentine Searles-Wood|nick=Valentine Searles-Wood|appt=1 August, 1918<ref>Searles-Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/317.|D8123904}} f. 315.</ref>|end=25 October, 1918<ref>Searles-Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/317.|D8123904}} f. 315.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Gabbett Ashton Shuttleworth|nick=William G. A. Shuttleworth|appt=16 April, 1919<ref>Shuttleworth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/165.|D7604069}} f. 569.</ref>{{NLOct19|p. 908}}|end=1 October, 1919<ref>Shuttleworth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/165.|D7604069}} f. 569.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Mark Singleton|nick=Mark Singleton|appt=1 October, 1919{{NLMar20|p. 908}}|end=2 March, 1920}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Helsham Heath-Caldwell|nick=Cuthbert H. Heath-Caldwell|appt=15 June, 1920|end=24 August, 1920|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ernest Brown|nick=Ernest Brown|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}|end=28 July, 1925<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:46, 20 July 2022

H.M.S. Skilful (1917)
Pendant Number: F.78 (Jan 1917)
F.62 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff[2]
Ordered: Dec 1915 (7th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 3 Feb, 1917[5]
Completed: 26 Mar, 1917[6]
Sold: 13 Jul, 1926[7]

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

Service

Skilful was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 24 August, 1920.[8]

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. (April, 1925). p. 270.
  9. ↑ Searles-Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/317. f. 315.
  10. ↑ Searles-Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/317. f. 315.
  11. ↑ Shuttleworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/165. f. 569.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 908.
  13. ↑ Shuttleworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/165. f. 569.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 908.
  15. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  16. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/37. f. 37.

Bibliography


"R" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Radstock Raider Romola Rowena Restless
Rigorous Rocket Rob Roy Redgauntlet Redoubt
Recruit Sturgeon Sceptre Salmon Sylph
Sarpedon Sable Setter Sorceress Satyr
Sharpshooter Simoom Skate Starfish Stork
Skilful Springbok Tancred Tarpon Telemachus
Tempest Tetrarch Tenacious Thisbe Thruster
  Tormentor Tornado Torrent Torrid  
Thornycroft Specials
Rosalind Radiant Retriever Taurus Teazer
Yarrow Specials
Sabrina Strongbow Surprise Sybille Truculent
  Tyrant Ulleswater  
Modified "R" Class
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  Tirade Ursula Ulysses  
  Umpire Urchin Ursa  
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