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'''H.M.S. ''Sparrowhawk''''' was one of 67 destroyers of the [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class]].
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'''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.
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Hopkins|nick=Sydney Hopkins|appt=1 February, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 866}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney|nick=Lawrence F. N. Ommanney|appt=November, 1919|end=c. late November, 1919|note=temporary}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:20, 5 December 2019

H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1918)
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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  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. 74.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
  7. ↑ "Mediterranean Changes." The Times (London, England), Thursday, January 19, 1922, Issue 42933, p.12.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 270.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  11. ↑ Thomson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/141. f. 153.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 909.
  13. ↑ Thomson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/141. f. 153.
  14. ↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  16. ↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
  17. ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
  18. ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
  19. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  20. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  21. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 814.
  23. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 271.
  25. ↑ Left when she paid off, which must be before McKenna went to Whirlwind on 6 January, 1926.

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