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She re-commissioned on 18 March, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 761}}
 
She re-commissioned on 18 March, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 761}}
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The leader was completed to full complement on 4 September, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 234}}
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''Douglas'' was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 8 April, 1925{{NLJul27|p. 233}} and was replaced by the {{UK-Centaur|f=t}} as flagship of the Atlantic Destroyers.{{ToL|New Destroyer Flagship|8 Apr. 1925, p. 10}}
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She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 April, 1928.  In early 1929, she was serving as a flotilla leader for the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 233}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 June, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 233}}
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She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 4 October, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 233}}
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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}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 May, 1934.{{NLJul34|p. 233}}
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''Douglas'' was re-commissioned on 20 November, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 232}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Douglas''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Douglas|f=p}}}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Douglas''">
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Roger L'Estrange Murray Rede|nick=Roger L'E. M. Rede|appt=July, 1918<ref>Rede Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/42.|}} f. 42.</ref>|end=7 November, 1918<ref>Rede Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/42.|}} f. 42.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brien Michael Money|nick=Brien M. Money|appt=7 November, 1918<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>|end=1 March, 1919<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|11}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brien Michael Money|nick=Brien M. Money|appt=7 November, 1918<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>|end=1 March, 1919<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|11}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=9 July, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 761}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Rowlandson Godfrey|nick=Harry R. Godfrey|appt=1 March, 1919<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>|end=4 November, 1919<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=9 July, 1920<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 761}}|end=4 May, 1921<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=4 May, 1921<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|end=May, 1921<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Bruce England|nick=Richard B. England|appt=29 June, 1921|end=c. April, 1922}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|nick=Lewis G. E. Crabbe|appt=10 July, 1924<ref>Crabbe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/168.|D7603675}} f. 169.</ref>|end=15 September, 1924<ref>Crabbe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/168.|D7603675}} f. 169.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), First Devonport Flotilla for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Colin Kenneth MacLean|nick=Colin K. MacLean|appt=21 August, 1924<ref>MacLean Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D8112229}} f. 390.</ref>|end=8 April, 1925<ref>MacLean Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D8112229}} f. 390.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} Commanding Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Flotillas from 1 September, 1924}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Colin Kenneth MacLean|nick=Colin K. MacLean|appt=21 August, 1924<ref>MacLean Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D8112229}} f. 390.</ref>|end=8 April, 1925<ref>MacLean Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D8112229}} f. 390.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} Commanding Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Flotillas from 1 September, 1924}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank George Bramble|nick=Frank G. Bramble|appt=1 February, 1926<ref>Bramble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 234.</ref>|end=7 August, 1926<ref>Bramble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 234.</ref>|note=and in command of a group of destroyers in Reserve}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank George Bramble|nick=Frank G. Bramble|appt=1 February, 1926<ref>Bramble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 234.</ref>|end=7 August, 1926<ref>Bramble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 234.</ref>|note=and in command of a group of destroyers in Reserve}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|end=26 August, 1926<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of something}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=c. 7 August, 1926<ref>Inferred from Bramble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 234.</ref>|end=26 August, 1926<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Burnard Darke|nick=Reginald B. Darke|appt=1928<ref>Darke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=December, 1928<ref>Darke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=26 August, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 232}}<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=2 January, 1928<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport}}
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{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Burnard Darke|nick=Reginald B. Darke|appt=1928<ref>Darke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} f. ?.</ref>|end=December, 1928<ref>Darke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Pirie Thomson|nick=George P. Thomson|appt=17 December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 233}}|end=December, 1930|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lennox Albert Knox Boswell|nick=Lennox A. K. Boswell|ass=4 May, 1929|end=6 May, 1930|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Henry Taylor|nick=Frederick H. Taylor|appt=22 November, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 233}}|end=11 September, 1932|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Denys Royds Brocklebank|nick=Denys R. Brocklebank|appt=11 September, 1932<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/112.|}} f. 112.</ref>|end=2 January, 1933<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/112.|}} f. 112.</ref>|note=for passage home}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hilary Dorsett Owen|nick=Hilary D. Owen|appt=7 February, 1933<ref>Owen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/140.|}} f. 142.</ref>|end=12 May, 1933<ref>Owen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/140.|}} f. 142.</ref>|note=for trials}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy D'Oyly-Hughes|nick=Guy D'Oyly-Hughes|appt=1 May, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 233}}|end=24 September, 1935|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}} from 19 May, 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Louis Vian|nick=Philip Louis Vian|appt=14 October, 1935<ref>Vian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56.}} f. 160.</ref>|end=13 May, 1936<ref>Vian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56.}} f. 160.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|19}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=May, 1936{{NavAppts|Friday, May 08, 1936; pg. 10; Issue 47369}}|end=31 July, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|20}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=31 July, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=11 December, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Derek Stephens|nick=William D. Stephens|appt=15 September, 1936<ref>Stephens Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/175.|}} f. 175.</ref>|end=13 July, 1937<ref>Stephens Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/175.|}} f. 175.</ref>|note=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Moffat Raw|nick=Sydney M. Raw|appt=19 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 232}}|end=19 June, 1939|note=and for duty with submarines, and Commander (S) {{UK-SF|1}} from 22 September, 1937}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gilbert Palmer Claridge|nick=Gilbert P. Claridge|appt=19 June, 1939|end=21 August, 1939|note=and for duty class I with submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roland Frith Balfour Swinley|nick=Roland F. B. Swinley|appt=21 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=5 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=5 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>|end=20 April, 1940<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Graham Crossley|nick=John G. Crossley|appt=19 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=20 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Godfrey Bowerman|nick=Harold G. Bowerman|appt=20 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Eric Banks|nick=William E. Banks|appt=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=20 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Basil Stewart Tennant|nick=Robert B. S. Tennant|appt=20 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=21 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Karl Henry John Lynch Phibbs|nick=Karl H. J. L. Phibbs|appt=21 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=15 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=John Neil Kelly Knight|nick=John N. K. Knight|appt=15 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=late 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 09:55, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. Douglas (1918)
Pendant Number: D.09 (Sep 1918)
G.00 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Ordered: Dec, 1916[3]
Launched: 8 Jun, 1918[4]
Sold: 20 Mar, 1945[5]

H.M.S. Douglas was one of eight flotilla leaders of the Scott class.

Service

Douglas joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla, bearing the formation's Captain (D) Brien M. Money in December, 1918.[6]

She re-commissioned on 18 March, 1920.[7]

The leader was completed to full complement on 4 September, 1924.[8]

Douglas was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 8 April, 1925[9] and was replaced by the light cruiser Centaur as flagship of the Atlantic Destroyers.[10]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 April, 1928. In early 1929, she was serving as a flotilla leader for the First Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[11]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 June, 1929.[12]

She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 4 October, 1932.[13]

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.[14]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 May, 1934.[15]

Douglas was re-commissioned on 20 November, 1936.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 12.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 761.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 234.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
  10. ↑ "New Destroyer Flagship." The Times (London, England), 8 Apr. 1925, p. 10.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 233.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 233.
  14. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 233.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 232.
  17. ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  18. ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  19. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  20. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  21. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  22. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  23. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 761.
  25. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  26. ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  27. ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  28. ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  29. ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  30. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  31. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  32. ↑ Bramble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 234.
  33. ↑ Bramble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 234.
  34. ↑ Inferred from Bramble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 234.
  35. ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 232.
  37. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  38. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  39. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  40. ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 233.
  43. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/112. f. 112.
  44. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/112. f. 112.
  45. ↑ Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/140. f. 142.
  46. ↑ Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/140. f. 142.
  47. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 233.
  48. ↑ Vian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 160.
  49. ↑ Vian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 160.
  50. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 08, 1936; pg. 10; Issue 47369.
  51. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  52. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  53. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  54. ↑ Stephens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/175. f. 175.
  55. ↑ Stephens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/175. f. 175.
  56. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 232.
  57. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  61. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  62. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  63. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  64. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  65. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  66. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  67. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  68. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  69. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  70. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  71. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  72. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  73. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


Scott Class Flotilla Leader
  Scott Bruce Douglas Campbell  
  Malcolm Mackay Stuart Montrose  
<– Shakespeare Class Destroyer Leaders (UK)  
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