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Revision as of 19:54, 20 September 2019
| 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-Commander Geoffrey W. Mott, 30 March, 1927[26]
- Lieutenant in Command Thomas L. Alkin, 4 April, 1928[27]
- Lieutenant-Commander Cecil W. May, 18 December, 1930[28]
- Commander Humphrey G. Scott, 14 November, 1932[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander Bruce B. Junor, 14 November, 1933[30]
- Lieutenant-Commander Bryan G. Scurfield, 3 January, 1935[31]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles W. Greening, 5 April, 1937[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter Evershed, 19 April, 1938[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur O. Johnson, 9 January, 1939[34] – 14 March, 1940[35]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert A. Fell, 14 March, 1940[36] – 14 June, 1940[37]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick W. Hayden, 14 June, 1940[38] – 3 July, 1940[39]
- Lieutenant in Command Francis P. Baker, 3 July, 1940[40] – 9 February, 1942[41]
- Lieutenant in Command John Smallwood, 9 February, 1942[42] – April, 1942[43]
- Lieutenant in Command Nicholas M. Mules, April, 1942[44] – 12 May, 1942[45]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Alan W. Preston, 12 May, 1942[46] – 28 May, 1943[47]
- Lieutenant in Command John C. Rushbrooke, 28 May, 1943[48] – 9 January, 1944[49]
- Lieutenant in Command Harvey P. Fleming, 19 January, 1944[50] – 1 June, 1944[51]
- Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command John H. Macalister, 1 June, 1944[52] – late 1944[53]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 270.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 273.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 275.
- ↑ 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.
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Bibliography
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| Admiralty Design | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ulster | Undine | Tower | Trenchant | Tristram | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tirade | Ursula | Ulysses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpire | Urchin | Ursa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Talisman Class | Destroyers (UK) | "V" Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
