H.M.S. Scott (1917)

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H.M.S. Scott (1917)
Pendant Number: F.98 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1916[3]
Launched: 18 Oct, 1917[4]
Torpedoed: 15 Aug, 1918[5]
Fate: by U 71[6]

H.M.S. Scott was one of eight flotilla leaders of the Scott class.

Service

Her sinking is sometimes thought to be by mining, by UC 17, but Uboat.net has chosen a torpedo from U 71 as the cause of her loss. They are generally the most authoritative arbiters of such fare.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  6. Uboat.net
  7. Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  8. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398q.
  9. Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.

Bibliography


Scott Class Flotilla Leader
  Scott Bruce Douglas Campbell  
  Malcolm Mackay Stuart Montrose  
<– Shakespeare Class Destroyer Leaders (UK)