H.M.S. Shikari (1919)

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H.M.S. Shikari (1919)
Pendant Number: D.85 (1924)[1]
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 14 Jul, 1919[4]
Completed: Apr, 1924[5]
Scrapped: 4 Nov, 1945

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

She was completed in 1924 at Chatham.[6]

Service

In early 1926, she was operating with the Atlantic Fleet.[7]

Reduced to Reserve on 19 February, 1927.[8]

She was re-commissioned on 8 November, 1927.[9] She paid off into Reserve at Portsmouth on 10 November, 1931.[10]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 June, 1933.[11]

Re-commissioned on 20 April, 1937.[12]

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. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 270.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 269.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 272.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 275.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 270.
  14. Hanson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/32. f. 32.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 270. This source may read 10 June.
  16. Hanson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/32. f. 32.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 269.
  18. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  19. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  20. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
  21. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
  22. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  23. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  24. Swinley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/57. f. 57.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
  26. Swinley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/57. f. 57.
  27. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/137. f. 137.
  28. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/137. f. 137.
  29. Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 275.
  31. Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  32. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 275.
  33. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 2 Dec. 1936, p. 4.
  34. Parham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/3. f. 3.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
  36. Parham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/3. f. 3.
  37. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. Uboat.net page on the man.
  40. Uboat.net page on the man.
  41. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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