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She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 29 October, 1928.{{NLOct35|p. 279}} | She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 29 October, 1928.{{NLOct35|p. 279}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=13 August, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 917}}|end=August, 1920<ref>Creagh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=13 August, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 917}}|end=August, 1920<ref>Creagh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Wilson (b)|nick=George Wilson|appt=12 August, 1929<ref>Wilson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/299.}} f. 153.</ref>|end=14 March, 1930<ref>Wilson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/299.}} f. 153.</ref>|note=and as Commander (D), Devonport}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Wilson (b)|nick=George Wilson|appt=8 May, 1930<ref>Wilson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/299.}} f. 153.</ref>|end=24 June, 1930<ref>Wilson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/299.}} f. 153.</ref>|note=and continuing as Commander (D), Devonport}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor St. Vincent Frederick Tyler|nick=Trevor St. V. F. Tyler|appt=c. October, 1930<ref>Tyler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>|end=c. November, 1930<ref>Tyler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/158.|}} f. 157.</ref>|note=in command for trials}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=1 July, 1935<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=23 July, 1935<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=1 July, 1935<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=23 July, 1935<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Mowlam|nick=John Mowlam|appt=10 February, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}|end=April 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Mowlam|nick=John Mowlam|appt=10 February, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}|end=April 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}}} |
Latest revision as of 14:07, 14 February 2022
H.M.S. Thanet (1918) | |
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Pendant Number: | G.24 (Aug 1919)[1] |
Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2] |
Ordered: | Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3] |
Launched: | 5 Nov, 1918[4] |
Completed: | 30 Aug, 1919[5] |
Sold: |
H.M.S. Thanet was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending. She was completed after the war.
Service
Thanet was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Complement on 29 July, 1920.[6]
She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 29 October, 1928.[7]
In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander James V. Creagh, 13 August, 1919[9] – August, 1920[10]
- Commander George Wilson, 12 August, 1929[11] – 14 March, 1930[12] (and as Commander (D), Devonport)
- Commander George Wilson, 8 May, 1930[13] – 24 June, 1930[14] (and continuing as Commander (D), Devonport)
- Lieutenant-Commander Trevor St. V. F. Tyler, c. October, 1930[15] – c. November, 1930[16] (in command for trials)
- Commander David J. R. Simson, 1 July, 1935[17] – 23 July, 1935[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander John Mowlam, 10 February, 1939[19] – April 1941[20]
- Commander (retired) Bernard S. Davies, April 1941[21] – 27 January, 1942[22] (ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 274.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 279.
- ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 917.
- ↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
- ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
- ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
- ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
- ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
- ↑ Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
- ↑ Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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