H.M.S. Seafire (1918)

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H.M.S. Seafire (1918)
Pendant Number: G.68 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 10 Aug, 1918[4]
Completed: Nov, 1918[5]
Sold: 14 Sep, 1936[6]

H.M.S. Seafire was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

Service

Seafire joined the Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla upon commissioning. After the war, she was assigned to the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla as part of a broad re-organization of the fleet.

In October 1919, she was transferred to the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, but in mid-November she was reduced to reserve at Devonport.

Seafire was again reduced to Reserve Fleet at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.[7]

The destroyer arrived at Pembroke on 20 May, 1924.[8]

Arrived at Devonport on 27 June, 1925 and departed for Salcombe.[9]

Arrived at Devonport on 22 May, 1926.[10]

She was commissioned on 6 October, 1927.[11] In early 1933, she was in the Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth.[12]

In mid-June, 1936, she was one of five destroyers and leaders at Rosyth on the list for disposal.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. Wikipedia.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 268.
  8. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 23 May 1924, p. 25.
  9. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 30 June 1925, p. 22.
  10. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 26 May 1926, p. 20.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 272.
  13. "Ships for Disposal." The Times (London, England), 16 June 1936, p. 8.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  15. Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  16. Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  17. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 June 1920, p. 6.
  18. Ritter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/36. f. 36.
  19. Ritter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/36. f. 36.
  20. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 17 Sept. 1927, p. 4.

Bibliography


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