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| H.M.S. Spenser (1917) | |
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| Pendant Number: | F.90 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Thornycroft[2] |
| Launched: | 22 Sep, 1917[3] |
| Handed over: | 29 Sep, 1936[4] |
H.M.S. Spenser was one of five flotilla leaders of the Shakespeare class.
Service
Spenser commissioned on 1 December, 1917,[5] becoming the flagship of the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
She would remain there until March 1919, when she was placed in the retooled Second Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
The ship was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 September, 1924. By March 1925 she was with Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean, bearing Captain (D) Charles G. Ramsey.[8]
Equipment
In 1919, she was selected to receive one of the first five Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type As.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Colin K. MacLean, 17 October, 1917[10][11] – 29 April, 1920[12] (and as Captain (D) of Tenth Destroyer Flotilla, later of Second Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Humphrey T. Walwyn, 29 April, 1920[13][14] – 9 May, 1922[15] (and as Captain (D) of Second Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Roger L'E. M. Rede, 9 May, 1922[16] – 1 November, 1923[17] (and as Captain (D) of Second Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Eric G. Robinson, 1 November, 1923[18] – November, 1924[19] (and as Captain (D) of Second Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Charles G. Ramsey, 15 January, 1925[20] – May, 1925[21] (and as Captain (D) of Third Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Ernest W. Leir, 12 April, 1926[22] – c. early 1927[23] (and as Captain (D), Portsmouth Reserve Flotilla)
- Captain Leonard S. Holbrook, 18 October, 1927[24] – 16 December, 1927[25] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet Nore)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 13.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 118.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 866.
- ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 285.
- ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
- ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
- ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
- ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
- ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
- ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
- ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
- ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
- ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
Bibliography
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