H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1918)

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H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1918)
Pendant Number: G.53 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 14 May, 1918[4]
Completed: 4 Sep, 1918[5]
Sold:

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

There were two earlier destroyers named Sparrowhawk: one launched in 1895 and one launched in 1912.

Service

She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 27 April, 1920.[6]

In 1921 and 1922 she served as division leader in Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, which was serving in the Mediterranean.[7]

Reduced to Reserve Complement on 21 May 1924. By March 1925 she was attached to the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[8]

She re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 10 December, 1925.[9]

Paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 17 November, 1927.[10]

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. 866.
  7. "Mediterranean Changes." The Times (London, England), Thursday, January 19, 1922, Issue 42933, p.12.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 270.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  11. Thomson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/141. f. 153.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 909.
  13. Thomson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/141. f. 153.
  14. Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  16. Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
  17. Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
  18. Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
  19. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  20. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  21. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 814.
  23. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  24. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 271.
  25. Left when she paid off, which must be before McKenna went to Whirlwind on 6 January, 1926.

Bibliography


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