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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 271}}
 
She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 271}}
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Commissioned on 16 November, 1927.  By early 1929, she was in Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth, where she remained until at least October 1935.{{NLFeb29|p. 270}}{{NLOct35|p. 276}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Walter Despard Twigg|nick=Francis W. D. Twigg|appt=1 March, 1919|end=1 October, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Neville|nick=Ralph Neville|appt=1 October, 1919<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/221.|D7604976}} f. 233.</ref>|end=29 October, 1919<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/221.|D7604976}} f. 233.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Neville|nick=Ralph Neville|appt=1 October, 1919<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/221.|D7604976}} f. 233.</ref>|end=29 October, 1919<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/221.|D7604976}} f. 233.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert William Wyld|nick=Herbert W. Wyld|appt=21 June, 1920<ref>Wyld Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 866}}|end=9 February, 1922<ref>Wyld Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert William Wyld|nick=Herbert W. Wyld|appt=21 June, 1920<ref>Wyld Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 866}}|end=9 February, 1922<ref>Wyld Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 10:06, 31 December 2018

H.M.S. Spindrift (1918)
Pendant Number: G.21 (Apr 1919)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 30 Dec, 1918[4]
Completed: 2 Apr, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

Service

She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.[6]

Commissioned on 16 November, 1927. By early 1929, she was in Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth, where she remained until at least October 1935.[7][8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  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. 75.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 271.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 276.
  9. Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/221. f. 233.
  10. Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/221. f. 233.
  11. Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  13. Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  14. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  15. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.

Bibliography


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Spear Spindrift Serapis Serene Sesame
Strenuous Stronghold Sturdy Trojan Truant
Trusty Turbulent Tenedos Thanet Thracian
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Speedy Tobago Torbay Toreador Tourmaline
Yarrow Specials
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