H.M.S. Spenser (1917)

From The Dreadnought Project
Revision as of 18:41, 8 January 2014 by Tone (Talk | contribs)

Jump to: navigation, search
H.M.S. Spenser (1917)
Pendant Number: F.90 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Launched: 22 Sep, 1917[3]
Handed over: 29 Sep, 1936[4]

H.M.S. Spenser was one of five flotilla leaders of the Shakespeare class.

Service

Spenser commissioned on 1 December, 1917,[5] becoming the flagship of the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

Equipment

In 1919, she was selected to receive one of the first five Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type As.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 13.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 118.
  8. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 910.
  9. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 866.

Bibliography


Shakespeare Class Flotilla Leader
Shakespeare Spenser Wallace Keppel Broke
<– "V" Class Destroyer Leaders (UK) Scott Class –>