H.M.S. Serene (1918)

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H.M.S. Serene (1918)
Pendant Number: F.7A (May 1919)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 30 Nov, 1918[4]
Completed: 30 Apr, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Serene was reduced to Reserve Complement at Devonport on 8 July, 1920.[6]

She was commissioned on 6 October, 1927 and placed into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth.[7]

In mid-June, 1936, she was one of five destroyers and leaders at Rosyth on the list for disposal.[8]

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. 312.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 269.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 272.
  8. "Ships for Disposal." The Times (London, England), 16 June 1936, p. 8.
  9. Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
  10. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 906.
  11. Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
  12. Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  13. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 906.
  14. Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  15. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 23 Sept. 1919, p. 14.
  16. Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
  17. Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
  18. Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
  19. Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.

Bibliography


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