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− | |builder= | + | |comp=17 Dec, 1918{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 312}} |
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− | ''Spear'' was one of | + | '''H.M.S. ''Spear''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending. |
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+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | ''Spear'' was recommissioned at Malta on 17 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 866}} | ||
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+ | She was 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}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
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+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alexander Leslie Fletcher|nick=Alexander L. Fletcher|appt=6 December, 1918<ref>Fletcher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/.|D7604570}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 910}}|end=20 January, 1919<ref>Fletcher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/.|D7604570}} f. ?. Last digit in day of month is questionable.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Worthington Craven|nick=Francis W. Craven|appt=c. January, 1919|end=January, 1920}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=January, 1920<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 866}}|end=20 March, 1922<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Balfour Fellowes|nick=Thomas B. Fellowes|appt=15 January, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 271}}|end=30 September, 1923}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:32, 6 April 2018
H.M.S. Spear (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | G.55 (Dec 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
Ordered: | Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3] |
Launched: | 9 Nov, 1919[4] |
Completed: | 17 Dec, 1918[5] |
Sold: |
H.M.S. Spear was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.
Service
Spear was recommissioned at Malta on 17 June, 1920.[6]
She was reduced to Reserve Complement on 21 May 1924. By March 1925 she was attached to the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Alexander L. Fletcher, 6 December, 1918[8][9] – 20 January, 1919[10]
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis W. Craven, c. January, 1919 – January, 1920
- Lieutenant in Command David J. R. Simson, January, 1920[11][12] – 20 March, 1922[13]
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas B. Fellowes, 15 January, 1922[14] – 30 September, 1923
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 910.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?. Last digit in day of month is questionable.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 271.
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