H.M.S. Thisbe (1917)

H.M.S. Thisbe (1917)
Pendant Number:	F.82 (Jan 1917) F.75 (Jan 1918)
Builder:	Hawthorn Leslie & Company
Ordered:	Mar 1916 (8th Order)
Launched:	8 Mar, 1917
Completed:	6 Jun, 1917
Sold:	31 Aug, 1936

H.M.S. Thisbe was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Reduced to Reserve Complement at the Nore on 24 February, 1920.

Commissioned at the Nore on 3 November, 1925.

Re-commissioned with Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 4 August, 1926.

Reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 30 March, 1928.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander William E. B. Magee, 23 November, 1917 – 20 March, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander L. T. Creery Hill, 1 October, 1919 – 28 January, 1921  (and for charge of group within Nore Local Defence Flotilla reduced to reserve)
• Lieutenant-Commander George H. Creswell, 28 January, 1921 – c. 20 September, 1921  (and for charge of Nore Local Defence Flotilla reduced to reserve)
• Lieutenant-Commander Cyril Gore, 20 September, 1921 – 15 March, 1922
• Lieutenant-Commander Rhoderick R. McGrigor, 10 July, 1924 – 5 September, 1924  (temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
• Lieutenant-Commander James C. N. MacMillan, 2 May, 1927 – c. 21 July, 1927
• Lieutenant-Commander Frederick L. Cavaye, 21 July, 1927 – 15 June, 1928
• Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 1 May, 1929 – 10 October, 1929  (and as Commander (D), Portsmouth)
• Commander Alan G. D. Twigg, 10 October, 1929 – 10 October, 1930  (and as Captain (D), Portsmouth)

See Also

• Wikipedia