H.M.S. Thracian (1920)

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H.M.S. Thracian (1920)
Pendant Number: G.A4 (1920)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 5 Mar, 1920[4]
Completed: 21 Apr, 1920[5]
Sold:

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

She was completed in 1920.

Service

Re-commissioned on 17 January, 1925 for duty in the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[6]

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 under the command of Hamilton Edward Snepp for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[7]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October, 1929 for continued service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[8]

Re-commissioned in Reserve at Chatham on 12 February, 1932.[9]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[10]

Commissioned on 26 October, 1936 under the command of Lt. Cdr. Tancock for service on the China Station.[11]

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. (April, 1925). p. 274.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 274.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 274.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 278.
  10. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 280.
  12. Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
  13. Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
  14. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  15. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  16. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  17. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  18. Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  19. Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  20. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 274.
  22. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  23. Banister Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/74. f. 74.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 274.
  25. Banister Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/74. f. 74.
  26. Longsdon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/79. f. 79.
  27. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, January 8, 1932, Issue 46025, p.19.
  28. Longsdon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/79. f. 79.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 280.
  30. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/176. f. 178.
  32. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/176. f. 178.
  34. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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