H.M.S. Truant (1918)

H.M.S. Truant (1918)
Pendant Number:	G.23 (Mar 1919)
Builder:	J. Samuel White
Ordered:	Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)
Launched:	18 Sep, 1918
Completed:	17 Mar, 1919
Sold:	28 Nov, 1931

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

Service

Truant completed to reduced Complement on 13 May, 1919.

In 1921, she was attached to the Portsmouth Signal School.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander Geoffrey C. Candy, 1 May, 1919 – 1 June, 1921
• Commander Edward C. Watson, 1 June, 1921 – 26 September, 1921
• Commander Walter K. E. Conlon, 26 September, 1921 – 7 August, 1922
• Lieutenant-Commander David N. W. Joel, 26 July, 1922 – 3 May, 1924
• Lieutenant-Commander Hugh R. Troup, 9 May, 1924 – 15 February, 1926
• Lieutenant-Commander John G. Crossley, 15 February, 1926 – 3 August, 1927
• Commander Frederick R. G. Maunsell, 17 September, 1928 – 1 August, 1929
• Lieutenant-Commander St. John A. Micklethwait, 2 October, 1930 – 13 November, 1931

See Also

• Wikipedia