H.M.S. Scythe (1918)

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H.M.S. Scythe (1918)
Pendant Number: G.32 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[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]

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. 311.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 862.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  8. Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  9. Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 268.
  11. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
  13. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.

Bibliography


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