H.M.S. Tetrarch (1917)

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H.M.S. Tetrarch (1917)
Pendant Number: F.87 (Jan 1917)
F.74 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff[2]
Ordered: Mar 1916 (8th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 20 Apr, 1917[5]
Completed: 2 Jun, 1917[6]
Sold: 28 Jul, 1934[7]

H.M.S. Tetrarch was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Reduced to Reserve Complement at Devonport on 20 February, 1922.[8]

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Malta on 30 April, 1925.[9]

Commissioned at Gibraltar under the command of Desmond Adair Stride for service with the Atlantic Fleet.[10]

The destroyer was re-commissioned at Chatham on 4 September, 1928 for service with the Atlantic Fleet.[11]

She again re-commissioned at Chatham on 24 April, 1931 for continued service with the Atlantic Fleet.[12]

Tetrarch was reduced to Reserve at the Nore on 1 July, 1932.[13]

She trasnferred to Dockyard Control at Chatham on 1 December, 1933.[14]

In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1. Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Maximilian Wilkinson was to command her for the 1924 Reserve Fleet Exercises,[37] but he was mentally unwell.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  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. 70.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 274.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 274.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 274.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 274.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 274.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 277.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 279.
  15. "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731.
  16. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  17. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  18. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 916.
  20. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  21. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 916.
  22. Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  23. Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  24. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 23 Sept. 1919, p. 14.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
  26. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/175. f. 175.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 274.
  28. Stride Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/239. f. 286.
  29. Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  30. Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  31. Rolfe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/113. f. 113.
  32. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 274.
  33. Rolfe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/113. f. 113.
  34. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. 200.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 274.
  36. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. 200.
  37. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.

Bibliography


"R" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Rigorous Rocket Rob Roy Redgauntlet Redoubt
Recruit Sturgeon Sceptre Salmon Sylph
Sarpedon Sable Setter Sorceress Satyr
Sharpshooter Simoom Skate Starfish Stork
Skilful Springbok Tancred Tarpon Telemachus
Tempest Tetrarch Tenacious Thisbe Thruster
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Thornycroft Specials
Rosalind Radiant Retriever Taurus Teazer
Yarrow Specials
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