H.M.S. Stormcloud (1919)

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H.M.S. Stormcloud (1919)
Pendant Number: D.89 (Jan 1920)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 30 May, 1919[4]
Completed: 28 Jan, 1919[5]
Sold: 28 Jul, 1934

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

Service

Stormcloud was commissioned on 20 January, 1920.[6]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 28 January, 1925.[7]

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927.[8]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October, 1929 for continued service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

In November 1929, she collided with Somme through circumstances a Court of Enquiry determined was a lack of through and consideration on the part of Lt. Cdr. Walter J. B. Handley.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  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. 75.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 867.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 271.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 271.
  10. Handley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/331. f. 331.
  11. Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 572.
  12. Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 572.
  13. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 867.
  15. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  16. Manwaring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/92. f. 93.
  17. Manwaring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/92. f. 93.
  18. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  19. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  20. Collinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/153. f. 153.
  21. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/130. f. 130.
  22. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 271.
  23. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/130. f. 130.
  24. Waight Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/82. f. 82.
  25. Waight Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/82. f. 82.
  26. Handley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/331. f. 331.

Bibliography


"S" Class Destroyer
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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