H.M.S. Turquoise (1918)

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H.M.S. Turquoise (1918)
Pendant Number: G.22 (Mar 1919)[1]
Builder: Yarrow & Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 9 Nov, 1918[4]
Completed: Mar, 1919[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Turquoise was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending. She was completed after the war.

Service

On 17 January 1921, Turquoise collided with Tourmaline off Ryde Pier as the two departed Portland to join the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla for a three month cruise with the Atlantic Fleet. The two had to go to Portsmouth to await repairs.[6]

Turquoise was re-commissioned on 16 July, 1921.[7]

The ship paid off into the Rosyth Maintenance Reserve on 17 November, 1927.[8]

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.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  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. 76.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 20 Jan. 1921, p. 17.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 276.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 275a.
  9. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  10. Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  11. Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  12. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  13. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  14. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 23 Sept. 1919, p. 14.
  15. Heyder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/283. f. 298.
  16. Heyder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/283. f. 298.
  17. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  18. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 878.
  19. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.

Bibliography


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Tara Tasmania Tattoo Scythe Seabear
Seafire Searcher Seawolf Sportive Stalwart
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Spear Spindrift Serapis Serene Sesame
Strenuous Stronghold Sturdy Trojan Truant
Trusty Turbulent Tenedos Thanet Thracian
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Speedy Tobago Torbay Toreador Tourmaline
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