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H.M.S. Spenser (1917)
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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 13.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 118.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 866.
  11. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 285.
  12. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 285.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  14. ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
  15. ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
  16. ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  17. ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  18. ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  19. ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  20. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  21. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  22. ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
  23. ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
  24. ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
  25. ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.

Bibliography


Shakespeare Class Flotilla Leader
Shakespeare Spenser Wallace Keppel Broke
<– "V" Class Destroyer Leaders (UK) Scott Class –>


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