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She re-commissioned at Portsmouth with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 271}}.
 
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 271}}.
  
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Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 270}}
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''Somme'' was re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 270}}
  
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Re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 1 October, 1929 for continued service with the {{UK-DF|8}}.{{NLJul31|p. 269}}
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The ship re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 1 October, 1929 for continued service with the {{UK-DF|8}}.{{NLJul31|p. 269}}
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In November 1929, she collided with {{UK-Stormcloud}} through circumstances a Court of Enquiry determined was a lack of through and consideration on the part of the other ship's commanding officer.<ref>Handley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/331.|}} f. 331.</ref>
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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==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Somme''">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Somme''">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Hopkins|nick=Sydney Hopkins|appt=2 October, 1918<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/107.|D7604206}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 909}}|end=17 November, 1919<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/107.|D7604206}} f. ?.  ''Somme'' is not indicted in his Service Record AT ALL, but the Navy List and Spurgin's data suggest this end date is certain.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Hopkins|nick=Sydney Hopkins|appt=2 October, 1918<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/107.|D7604206}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 909}}|end=17 November, 1919<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/107.|D7604206}} f. ?.  ''Somme'' is not indicted in his Service Record AT ALL, but the Navy List and Spurgin's data suggest this end date is certain.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Benedict Spurgin|nick=John B. Spurgin|appt=17 November, 1919<ref>Spurgin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}}  f. 360.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 865}}|end=28 December, 1919<ref>Spurgin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}}  f. 360.</ref>{{INF}}|note=appointment may have been cancelled outright}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Benedict Spurgin|nick=John B. Spurgin|appt=17 November, 1919<ref>Spurgin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}}  f. 360.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 865}}|end=28 December, 1920<ref>Spurgin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}}  f. 360.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Humphrey Edward Archer|nick=Humphrey E. Archer|appt=28 December, 1920<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/216.|D7605301}} f. 586.</ref>|end=16 December, 1922<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/216.|D7605301}} f. 586.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Humphrey Edward Archer|nick=Humphrey E. Archer|appt=28 December, 1920<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/216.|D7605301}} f. 586.</ref>|end=16 December, 1922<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/216.|D7605301}} f. 586.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=c. August, 1922<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 813}}|end=October, 1923<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|note=in command on re-commissioning}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=c. August, 1922<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 813}}|end=October, 1923<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|note=in command on re-commissioning}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Walter Durnford|nick=John W. Durnford|appt=October, 1923<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/129.|D7605540}} f. 128.</ref>|end=12 November, 1923<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/129.|D7605540}} f. 128.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Walter Durnford|nick=John W. Durnford|appt=October, 1923<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/129.|D7605540}} f. 128.</ref>|end=12 November, 1923<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/129.|D7605540}} f. 128.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=12 November, 1923<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|end=30 September, 1924<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=12 November, 1923<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|end=30 September, 1924<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Stephen Walter de Winton|nick=Francis S. W. de Winton|appt=9 March, 1925{{NLJul27|p. 270}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Stephen Walter de Winton|nick=Francis S. W. de Winton|appt=9 March, 1925<ref>De Winton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/105.|}} f. 105.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 270}}|end=1 March, 1929<ref>De Winton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/105.|}} f. 105.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Graham Crossley|nick=John G. Crossley|appt=February, 1929{{NLFeb29|p. 270}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Graham Crossley|nick=John G. Crossley|appt=February, 1929{{NLFeb29|p. 270}}|end=3 October, 1930<ref>Crossley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/99.|D7615897}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Philip Norman Walter|nick=Philip N. Walter|appt=1 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 270}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Philip Norman Walter|nick=Philip N. Walter|appt=1 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 270}}|end=17 December, 1931}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stuart Erskine Crewe-Read|nick=Stuart E. Crewe-Read|appt=17 December, 1931<ref>Crewe-Read Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/38.|}} f. 38.</ref>|end=2 May, 1932<ref>Crewe-Read Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/38.|}} f. 38.</ref>}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  

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H.M.S. Somme (1918)
Pendant Number: G.52 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 10 Sep, 1918[4]
Completed: 4 Nov, 1918[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Somme was recommissioned on 15 December, 1920.[6]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[7].

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

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

In November 1929, she collided with Stormcloud through circumstances a Court of Enquiry determined was a lack of through and consideration on the part of the other ship's commanding officer.[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. 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. 865.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
  10. ↑ Handley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/331. f. 331.
  11. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  12. ↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 909.
  14. ↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?. Somme is not indicted in his Service Record AT ALL, but the Navy List and Spurgin's data suggest this end date is certain.
  15. ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 865.
  17. ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
  18. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.
  19. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.
  20. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 813.
  22. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  23. ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
  24. ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
  25. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  26. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  27. ↑ De Winton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/105. f. 105.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 270.
  29. ↑ De Winton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/105. f. 105.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  31. ↑ Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. ?.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 270.
  33. ↑ Crewe-Read Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/38. f. 38.
  34. ↑ Crewe-Read Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/38. f. 38.

Bibliography


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