H.M.S. Sesame (1918)

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H.M.S. Sesame (1918)
Pendant Number: F.5A (Apr 1919)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 30 Dec, 1918[4]
Completed: 28 Mar, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

Service

She reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 18 September, 1920.[6]

Commissioned on 26 March, 1923. By early 1926, she was stationed in Irish waters.[7]

Reduced to three-fifths complement on 16 January, 1926.[8]

Commissioned on 9 April, 1929 for service with the Atlantic Fleet.[9]

Reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 11 July, 1932.[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. 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. (January, 1921). p. 863.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 269.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 268.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 272.
  11. Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
  12. Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
  13. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 906.
  14. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 920a.
  16. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 269.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 269.
  19. Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 268.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 268.
  22. Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  23. Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  24. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  25. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  26. Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  27. Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  28. Cartwright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/75. f. 75.
  29. Cartwright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/75. f. 75.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.

Bibliography


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