H.M.S. Scout (1918)

H.M.S. Scout (1918)
Pendant Number:	G.35 (Jun 1918)
Builder:	John Brown
Ordered:	Apr, 1917 (1st Order)
Launched:	27 Apr, 1918
Completed:	15 Jun, 1918
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H.M.S. Scout was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

Service

She reduced to Reserve Fleet at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Edmund F. FitzGerald, 24 May, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager, 13 November, 1919 – 17 December, 1919  (and in charge of a group of T.B.Ds. in reserve)
• Commander Ernest L. Cardale, 13 November, 1919 – 21 June, 1920  (and in charge of a group of T.B.Ds. in reserve)
• Lieutenant-Commander Joseph Horsfield, 9 December, 1920  (and in command of a group of reserve destroyers)

The overlap between Cardale and Ohlenschlager is noted.

See Also

• Wikipedia