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'''H.M.S. ''Serapis''''' was one of 67 destroyers of the [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Serapis''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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She recommissioned at Devonport on 28 November, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 863}}
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''Serapis'' recommissioned at Devonport on 28 November, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 863}}
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She re-commissioned at Portsmouth with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 269}}
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''Serapis'' was re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 for duty with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 268}}
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The ship was re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 1 October, 1929 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}}.{{NLJul31|p. 269}}
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She paid off into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 26 April, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 272}}
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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.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Saumarez Butler|nick=Vernon S. Butler|appt=28 January, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 863}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Saumarez Butler|nick=Vernon S. Butler|appt=28 January, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 863}}<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>|end=August, 1921<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=August, 1921<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>|end=October, 1922<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Martin Welby|nick=Richard M. Welby|appt=November, 1922<ref>Welby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/220.|D7604632}} f. 284.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 810}}|end=October, 1923<ref>Welby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/220.|D7604632}} f. 284.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David Bruce Nicol|nick=David B. Nicol|appt=late October, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 269}}|end=4 November, 1924<ref>Nicol Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/133.|D7604888}} f. 144.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=14 November, 1924<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>|end=9 January, 1925<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Conyngham Denison|nick=Edward C. Denison|appt=5 January, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 269}}|end=27 May, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Hector Creswell|nick=George H. Creswell|appt=27 May, 1925<ref>Creswell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>|end=1 January, 1926<ref>Creswell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Hugo Knox-Little|nick=Charles H. Knox-Little|appt=1 January, 1926<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|end=14 April, 1926<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=1 April, 1926<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|end=January, 1927<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Ralph Passawer Percival|nick=Percy R. P. Percival|appt=28 December, 1926<ref>Percival Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>|ass=7 January, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 268}}|end=March, 1929<ref>Percival Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Mansel Porter|nick=John M. Porter|appt=1 February, 1929<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>|end=February, 1931|note=lent to {{UK-Bruce}} for some time from 5 July 1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney|nick=Lawrence F. N. Ommanney|appt=9 February, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 269}}|end=14 February, 1932}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:02, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. Serapis (1918)
Pendant Number: F.21 (Feb 1919)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 17 Sep, 1918[4]
Completed: 21 Mar, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Serapis recommissioned at Devonport on 28 November, 1919.[6]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923.[7]

Serapis was re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 for duty with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[8]

The ship was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October, 1929 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

She paid off into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 26 April, 1932.[10]

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.[11]

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. 85.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 863.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 269.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 268.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 272.
  11. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
  13. ↑ Butler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/68. f. 205.
  14. ↑ Butler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/68. f. 205.
  15. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  16. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  17. ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 810.
  19. ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 269.
  21. ↑ Nicol Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/133. f. 144.
  22. ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  23. ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 269.
  25. ↑ Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
  26. ↑ Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
  27. ↑ Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  28. ↑ Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  29. ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  30. ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  31. ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  32. ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  33. ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.

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