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|launch=14 May, 1918{{DittColl|p. 74}} | |launch=14 May, 1918{{DittColl|p. 74}} | ||
+ | |comp=4 Sep, 1918{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 311}} | ||
|builder=[[Swan Hunter]]{{Conways1906|p. 84}} | |builder=[[Swan Hunter]]{{Conways1906|p. 84}} | ||
|pend=G.53 (Nov 1918){{DittColl|p. 74}} | |pend=G.53 (Nov 1918){{DittColl|p. 74}} | ||
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− | '''H.M.S. ''Sparrowhawk''''' was one of | + | '''H.M.S. ''Sparrowhawk''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending. |
There were two earlier destroyers named ''Sparrowhawk'': [[H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1895)|one launched in 1895]] and [[H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1912)|one launched in 1912]]. | There were two earlier destroyers named ''Sparrowhawk'': [[H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1895)|one launched in 1895]] and [[H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1912)|one launched in 1912]]. | ||
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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 27 April, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 866}} | She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 27 April, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 866}} | ||
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+ | In 1921 and 1922 she served as division leader in {{UK-DF|7}}, which was serving in the Mediterranean.{{ToL|Mediterranean Changes|Thursday, January 19, 1922, Issue 42933, p.12}} | ||
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+ | Reduced to Reserve Complement on 21 May 1924. By March 1925 she was attached to the {{UK-DF|7}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 271}} | ||
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+ | She re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 10 December, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 270}} | ||
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+ | Paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 17 November, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 270}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Sparrowhawk''"> |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Henry Thomson|nick=Gerald H. Thomson|appt=7 August, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 909}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Henry Thomson|nick=Gerald H. Thomson|appt=7 August, 1918<ref>Thomson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/141.|D7604896}} f. 153.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 909}}|end=1 February, 1920<ref>Thomson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/141.|D7604896}} f. 153.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Hopkins|nick=Sydney Hopkins|appt=1 February, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 866}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney|nick=Lawrence F. N. Ommanney|appt=November, 1919|end=c. late November, 1919|note=temporary}} |
− | {{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Hopkins|nick=Sydney Hopkins|appt=1 February, 1920<ref>Hopkins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/107.|D7604206}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 866}}|end=April, 1922<ref>Hopkins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/107.|D7604206}} f. ?.</ref>}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Martin Welby|nick=Richard M. Welby|appt=1 February, 1922<ref>Welby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/220.|D7604632}} f. 284.</ref>|end=November, 1922<ref>Welby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/220.|D7604632}} f. 284.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=October, 1922<ref>Lilley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>|end=November, 1922<ref>Lilley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=November, 1922<ref>Harvey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 814}}|end=30 September, 1923<ref>Harvey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Morell McKenna|nick=Gerald M. McKenna|appt=23 November, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 271}}|end=January, 1926<ref>Left when she paid off, which must be before McKenna went to {{UK-Whirlwind}} on 6 January, 1926.</ref>|note=left when she paid off}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
− | {{WP| | + | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sparrowhawk_(1918)}} |
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Latest revision as of 14:20, 5 December 2019
H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1918) | |
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Pendant Number: | G.53 (Nov 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Swan Hunter[2] |
Ordered: | Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3] |
Launched: | 14 May, 1918[4] |
Completed: | 4 Sep, 1918[5] |
Sold: |
H.M.S. Sparrowhawk was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.
There were two earlier destroyers named Sparrowhawk: one launched in 1895 and one launched in 1912.
Service
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 27 April, 1920.[6]
In 1921 and 1922 she served as division leader in Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, which was serving in the Mediterranean.[7]
Reduced to Reserve Complement on 21 May 1924. By March 1925 she was attached to the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[8]
She re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 10 December, 1925.[9]
Paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 17 November, 1927.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Gerald H. Thomson, 7 August, 1918[11][12] – 1 February, 1920[13]
- Lieutenant in Command Lawrence F. N. Ommanney, November, 1919 – c. late November, 1919 (temporary)
- Commander Sydney Hopkins, 1 February, 1920[14][15] – April, 1922[16]
- Commander Richard M. Welby, 1 February, 1922[17] – November, 1922[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Austen G. Lilley, October, 1922[19] – November, 1922[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Harvey, November, 1922[21][22] – 30 September, 1923[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Gerald M. McKenna, 23 November, 1925[24] – January, 1926[25] (left when she paid off)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
- ↑ "Mediterranean Changes." The Times (London, England), Thursday, January 19, 1922, Issue 42933, p.12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 270.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/141. f. 153.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 909.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/141. f. 153.
- ↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
- ↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
- ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
- ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 814.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 271.
- ↑ Left when she paid off, which must be before McKenna went to Whirlwind on 6 January, 1926.
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