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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton|nick=Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton|appt=May, 1925<ref>Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/243.|}} f. 601.</ref>|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril St. Clair Cameron|nick=Cyril St. C. Cameron|appt=1 February, 1926{{NLFeb26|p. 271}}|end=12 April, 1926|note=and as Captain (D), Portsmouth Reserve Flotilla}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest William Leir|nick=Ernest W. Leir|appt=12 April, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 270}}<ref>Leir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/21.|D7603925}} f. 424.</ref>|end=c. early 1927<ref>Leir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/21.|D7603925}} f. 424.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), [[Portsmouth Reserve Flotilla]]}}
 
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H.M.S. Spenser (1917)
Pendant Number: F.90 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[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]

On 6 June, 1925, she re-commissioned at Portsmouth.[9]

She paid off on 1 July 1928 to the Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth.[10]

Equipment

In 1919, she was selected to receive one of the first five Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type As.[11]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 270.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 276.
  11. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 118.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 866.
  13. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 285.
  14. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 285.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  16. ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
  17. ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
  18. ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  19. ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  20. ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  21. ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  22. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  23. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  24. ↑ Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 271.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 270.
  27. ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
  28. ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
  29. ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
  30. ↑ 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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