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'''H.M.S. ''Thanet''''' was one of 67 destroyers of the [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Thanet''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending.  She was completed after the war.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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Recommissioned at Chatham with Reserve Complement on 29 July, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 873}}
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''Thanet'' was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Complement on 29 July, 1920.{{NLJul27|p. 274}}
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She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 29 October, 1928.{{NLOct35|p. 279}}
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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.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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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}}
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{{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}}
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{{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}}
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{{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}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Mowlam|nick=John Mowlam|appt=10 February, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}|end=April 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Bernard Sydney Davies|nick=Bernard S. Davies|appt=April 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}|end=27 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4243}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:07, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. Thanet (1918)
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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 274.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 279.
  8. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 917.
  10. ↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
  11. ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
  12. ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
  13. ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
  14. ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/299. f. 153.
  15. ↑ Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  16. ↑ Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  17. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  18. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  19. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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