H.M.S. Redoubt (1916)

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H.M.S. Redoubt (1916)
Pendant Number: F.56 (Jan 1917)
F.57 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[2]
Ordered: Jul 1915 (6th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 28 Oct, 1916[5]
Completed: Mar, 1917[6]
Sold: 13 Jul, 1926[7]

H.M.S. Redoubt was one of 62 destroyers of the "R" class.

Service

Reduced to Reserve Complement on 12 February, 1919.[8]

In February 1920, the destroyer was ordered to cease its temprary work at Harwich and to proceed to Sheerness to join the Nore Local Defence, as tender to Actæon.[9]

Re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 6 February, 1923.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  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. 69.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 852.
  9. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 23, 1920; pg. 24; Issue 42341.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 262.
  11. Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 891.
  13. Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 891.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 852.
  16. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.

Bibliography


"R" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Recruit Sturgeon Sceptre Salmon Sylph
Sarpedon Sable Setter Sorceress Satyr
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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  
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