H.M.S. Shark (1918)

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H.M.S. Shark (1918)
Pendant Number: F.A1 (1919)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 9 Apr, 1918[4]
Completed: 10 Jul, 1918[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Shark was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

There were two other destroyers named Shark in the Dreadnought era, the Shark of 1894 and the Shark of 1912.

Service

Shark recommissioned at Chatham on 27 May, 1919 under Commander Carter, who would remain in command at least through the end of 1920.[6]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 21 September, 1923.[7]

Reduced to Reserve at the Nore on 9 December, 1925.[8]

She commissioned 6 October, 1927.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 863.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 270.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 269.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 269.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 906a.
  11. Bonham-Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/81. f. 441.
  12. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  13. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  14. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 811.
  16. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  17. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  18. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  19. Lloyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/147. f. 147.
  20. Lloyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/147. f. 147.

Bibliography


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