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''Sorceress'' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|R]] class.
'''H.M.S. ''Sorceress''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.
 
==Service==
''Sorceress'' joined the [[Grand Fleet]]'s {{UK-DF|15}} in December, 1916.{{SMNLDec16|p. 12}}
 
She re-commissioned on 19 November, 1919.{{NLApr25|p. 271}}
 
Following an earlier round of a flotilla leader and seventeen destroyers, ''Sorceress'' was named as one of an additional fifteen destroyers to be scrapped in the fiscal year starting 1 April, 1926.{{ToL|More Destroyers to be Scrapped|Tuesday, September 22, 1925, Issue 44073, p.7}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Radcliffe James|nick=Henry R. James|appt=28 November, 1916{{NLMay19|p. 909}}|end=2 May, 1918|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Radcliffe James|nick=Henry R. James|appt=May, 1918|end=May, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Percy Boxer|nick=Henry P. Boxer|appt=May, 1919{{NLAug19|p. 908}}<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>|end=August, 1919<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Thomas Alexander Bunbury|nick=Charles T. A. Bunbury|appt=1 October, 1919<ref>Bunbury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/13.|D7603520}} f. 13.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 865}}|end=15 July, 1921<ref>Bunbury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/13.|D7603520}} f. 13.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Malcolm Murray|nick=Malcolm Murray|appt=15 July, 1921|end=15 March, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Walter Durnford|nick=John W. Durnford|appt=May, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 813}}|end=3 January, 1923<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/129.|D7605540}} f. 128.</ref>|note=this command is not plainly evident in his service record}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Norman Blyth Weir|nick=Norman B. Weir|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}|end=25 August, 1924|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 12:31, 14 August 2019

H.M.S. Sorceress (1916)
Pendant Number: G.93 (Jan 1917)
G.94 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Jul 1915 (6th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 29 Aug, 1916[5]
Completed: Dec, 1916[6]
Sold: 29 Apr, 1927[7]

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

Service

Sorceress joined the Grand Fleet's Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla in December, 1916.[8]

She re-commissioned on 19 November, 1919.[9]

Following an earlier round of a flotilla leader and seventeen destroyers, Sorceress was named as one of an additional fifteen destroyers to be scrapped in the fiscal year starting 1 April, 1926.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 12.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
  10. ↑ "More Destroyers to be Scrapped." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, September 22, 1925, Issue 44073, p.7.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 909.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 908.
  13. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  14. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  15. ↑ Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 865.
  17. ↑ Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 813.
  19. ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
  20. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.

Bibliography


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