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|launch=25 Apr, 1918{{DittColl|p. 74}} | |launch=25 Apr, 1918{{DittColl|p. 74}} | ||
|comp=Jul, 1918{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 311}} | |comp=Jul, 1918{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 311}} | ||
| − | |builder=[[John Brown]]{{Conways1906|p. 85}} | + | |builder=[[John Brown & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 85}} |
|pend=G.32 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 74}} | |pend=G.32 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 74}} | ||
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Commissioned 4 April, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 268}} | Commissioned 4 April, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 268}} | ||
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| + | Reduced to three-fifths complement on 28 December, 1925.{{NLFeb29|p. 267}} | ||
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| + | Re-commissioned at Devonport on 26 May, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 268}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Scythe''"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Scythe''"> | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Evelyn Harry Byrd Levett Scrivener|nick=Evelyn H. B. L. Scrivener|appt=22 June, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 905}}|end=29 January, 1920|precBy=New Command}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} in Command|name=Walter Fitzgerald Smithwick|nick=Walter F. Smithwick|appt=13 September, 1918|end=November, 1918}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert William Wyld|nick=Herbert W. Wyld|appt=9 February, 1920<ref>Wyld Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>|end=21 June, 1920<ref>Wyld Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert William Wyld|nick=Herbert W. Wyld|appt=9 February, 1920<ref>Wyld Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>|end=21 June, 1920<ref>Wyld Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alban Knubley|nick=Alban Knubley|appt=17 March, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 268}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alban Knubley|nick=Alban Knubley|appt=17 March, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 268}}|end=September, 1925}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leslie Thomas Creery Hill|nick=Leslie T. Creery Hill|appt=1 September, 1925<ref>Hill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/332.|D7605087}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 288}}|end=31 December, 1927<ref>Hill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/332.|D7605087}} f. ?.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leslie Thomas Creery Hill|nick=Leslie T. Creery Hill|appt=1 September, 1925<ref>Hill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/332.|D7605087}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 288}}|end=31 December, 1927<ref>Hill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/332.|D7605087}} f. ?.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Graham Crossley|nick=John G. Crossley|appt=31 December, 1927<ref>Crossley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/99.|D7615897}} f. 99.</ref>|end=21 August, 1928<ref>Crossley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/99.|D7615897}} f. 99.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Ethelbert Wilmot-Sitwell|nick=Francis E. Wilmot-Sitwell|appt=21 August, 1928<ref>Wilmot-Sitwell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/148/14.|}} f. 14.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 267}}|end=20 August, 1929<ref>Wilmot-Sitwell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/148/14.|}} f. 14.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Clutton Husband-Clutton|nick=Frank C. Husband-Clutton|appt=20 August, 1929<ref>Husband-Clutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/126.|}} f. 126.</ref>|end=14 November, 1930<ref>Husband-Clutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/126.|}} f. 126.</ref>}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
| − | {{WP| | + | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Scythe_(1918)}} |
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:45, 25 January 2022
| H.M.S. Scythe (1918) | |
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| Pendant Number: | G.32 (Sep 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3] |
| Launched: | 25 Apr, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | Jul, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Scythe was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.
Service
She reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 12 November, 1919.[6]
Commissioned 4 April, 1923.[7]
Reduced to three-fifths complement on 28 December, 1925.[8]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 26 May, 1931.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Evelyn H. B. L. Scrivener, 22 June, 1918[10] – 29 January, 1920
- Lieutenant in Command in Command Walter F. Smithwick, 13 September, 1918 – November, 1918
- Commander Herbert W. Wyld, 9 February, 1920[11] – 21 June, 1920[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander Alban Knubley, 17 March, 1924[13] – September, 1925
- Lieutenant-Commander Leslie T. Creery Hill, 1 September, 1925[14][15] – 31 December, 1927[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander John G. Crossley, 31 December, 1927[17] – 21 August, 1928[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis E. Wilmot-Sitwell, 21 August, 1928[19][20] – 20 August, 1929[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frank C. Husband-Clutton, 20 August, 1929[22] – 14 November, 1930[23]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 862.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 268.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 267.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 268.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
- ↑ Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
- ↑ Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 268.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
- ↑ Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. 99.
- ↑ Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. 99.
- ↑ Wilmot-Sitwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/14. f. 14.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 267.
- ↑ Wilmot-Sitwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/14. f. 14.
- ↑ Husband-Clutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/126. f. 126.
- ↑ Husband-Clutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/126. f. 126.
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