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''Sturgeon'' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|R]] class.
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'''H.M.S. ''Sturgeon''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.
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==Service==
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[[Henry Maurice Coombs]] was awarded a D.S.O. for destroying an enemy submarine while in command of ''Sturgeon'' on 11 March, 1918,<ref>Coombs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref> but there is no clear indication on Uboat.net that the Germans lost a submarine on this date.<ref>[http://www.uboat.net/wwi/fates/losses.html Uboat.net list of uboat losses.]</ref>
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''Sturgeon'' was reduced to reduced Complement on 16 August, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 272}}
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Paid off into Dockyard Control on 6 January, 1926.{{NLFeb26|p. 272}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Arthur Hornell|nick=Robert A. Hornell|appt=15 February, 1917<ref>Hornell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>|end=30 April, 1917<ref>Hornell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Hugo Knox-Little|nick=Charles H. Knox-Little|appt=1 May, 1917<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|end=22 May, 1917<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|note=blamed for explosion of depth charge(s) on 11 May}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Michael Mack|nick=Ralph M. Mack|appt=11 July, 1917<ref>Mack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/81.|D7604180}} f. 43.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 398''a''}}|end=30 November, 1917<ref>Mack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/81.|D7604180}} f. 43.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Maurice Coombs|nick=Henry M. Coombs|appt=30 November, 1917<ref>Coombs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 911''a''}}|end=3 February, 1919<ref>Coombs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton|nick=Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton|appt=3 February, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 868}}|end=11 January, 1921<ref>Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/243.|}} f. 601.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=11 January, 1921<ref>Rawlings Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 868}}|end=11 January, 1923<ref>Rawlings Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Harter|nick=Richard Harter|appt=11 January, 1923<ref>Harter Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/123.|D7605210}} f. 487.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 272}}|end=14 March, 1925<ref>Harter Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/123.|D7605210}} f. 487.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Graham Crossley|nick=John G. Crossley|appt=14 March, 1925<ref>Crossley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/99.|D7615897}} f. 99.</ref>|end=22 October, 1925<ref>Crossley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/99.|D7615897}} f. 99.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke|nick=Joseph H. L. Yorke|appt=22 October, 1925<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>|end=4 November, 1925<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 19:43, 5 February 2021

H.M.S. Sturgeon (1917)
Pendant Number: F.49 (Jan 1917)
G.17 (Jan 1918)
F.47 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Alexander Stephen & Sons[2]
Ordered: Jul 1915 (6th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 11 Jan, 1917[5]
Completed: 26 Feb, 1917[6]
Sold: 16 Dec, 1926[7]

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

Service

Henry Maurice Coombs was awarded a D.S.O. for destroying an enemy submarine while in command of Sturgeon on 11 March, 1918,[8] but there is no clear indication on Uboat.net that the Germans lost a submarine on this date.[9]

Sturgeon was reduced to reduced Complement on 16 August, 1920.[10]

Paid off into Dockyard Control on 6 January, 1926.[11]

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. ↑ Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  9. ↑ Uboat.net list of uboat losses.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 272.
  12. ↑ Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
  13. ↑ Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
  14. ↑ Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  15. ↑ Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  16. ↑ Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/81. f. 43.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398a.
  18. ↑ Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/81. f. 43.
  19. ↑ Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911a.
  21. ↑ Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 868.
  23. ↑ Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  24. ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 868.
  26. ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  27. ↑ Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 272.
  29. ↑ Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
  30. ↑ Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. 99.
  31. ↑ Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. 99.
  32. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  33. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.

Bibliography


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