H.M.S. Sepoy (1918)

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H.M.S. Sepoy (1918)
Pendant Number: G.26 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 22 May, 1918[4]
Completed: 6 Aug, 1918[5]
Sold:

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

Service

She recommissioned at Chatham on 3 December, 1919.[6]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 21 September, 1923.[7]

Reduced to two-fifths complement on 2 September, 1925.[8]

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 for duty with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[9]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October, 1929 for servie with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

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. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 863.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 269.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 269.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 268.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 906.
  12. Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
  14. Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 810.
  16. Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  17. Manwaring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/92. f. 93.
  18. Manwaring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/92. f. 93.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 268.
  20. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/176. f. 178.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
  22. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, February 3, 1932, Issue 46047, p.18.

Bibliography


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Admiralty Design
Simoom Scimitar Scotsman Scout Shark
Sparrowhawk Splendid Sabre Saladin Sikh
Sirdar Somme Success Shamrock Shikari
Senator Sepoy Seraph Swallow Swordsman
Steadfast Sterling Tribune Trinidad Tactician
Tara Tasmania Tattoo Scythe Seabear
Seafire Searcher Seawolf Sportive Stalwart
Tilbury Tintagel Sardonyx Stonehenge Stormcloud
Spear Spindrift Serapis Serene Sesame
Strenuous Stronghold Sturdy Trojan Truant
Trusty Turbulent Tenedos Thanet Thracian
Thornycroft Specials
Speedy Tobago Torbay Toreador Tourmaline
Yarrow Specials
Torch Tomahawk Tryphon Tumult Turquoise
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