H.M.S. Scourge (1910)
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| Pendant Number: | D.96 (Feb 1915) H.8A (Oct 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | 1908-09 Programme[3] |
| Launched: | 11 Feb, 1910[4] |
| Completed: | Aug, 1910[5] |
| Sold: | May, 1921[6] |
H.M.S. Scourge was one of sixteen destroyers of the Beagle class.
Service
In mid-1913, she was operating with Third Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
Lieutenant-Commander Henry de B. Tupper commanded her while she covered the landings at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli.[8]
At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, Scourge worked with five other Beagles and Arno to tow troop barges in.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Harold E. Sulivan, 27 August, 1910[10][11] – 1 August, 1911[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander George L. D. Gibbs, 1 August, 1911[13][14] – June, 1914[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry de B. Tupper, 22 June, 1914[16] – September, 1917
- Lieutenant in Command Kenneth H. Grant, September, 1917[17] – 9 January, 1918 (took command upon commissioning)
- Lieutenant in Command Edward F. B. Law, 9 January, 1918 – 2 July, 1918
- Lieutenant in Command John Hassard-Short, 2 September, 1918[18][19] – 12 March, 1919[20]
- Lieutenant in Command Walter T. A. Bird, 3 April, 1919[21] – 17 October, 1919[22] (and in command of a group of T.B.Ds.)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 373.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 112.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
- ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 373. 26 August given here.
- ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
- ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 372.
- ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 397w.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397w.
- ↑ Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
- ↑ Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
- ↑ Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/23. f. 23.
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