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'''H.M.S. ''Stormcloud''''' was one of 67 destroyers of the [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Stormcloud''''' was one of sixty-seven [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] as the [[Great War]] was ending.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
She commissioned on 20 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 867}}
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''Stormcloud'' was commissioned on 20 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 867}}
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She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 28 January, 1925.{{NLApr25|p. 272}}
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Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 271}}
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Re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 1 October, 1929 for continued service with the {{UK-DF|8}}.{{NLJul31|p. 271}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Francis W. D. Twigg]], O.B.E., 18 December, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920)p. 867.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Walter Despard Twigg|nick=Francis W. D. Twigg|appt=16 December, 1919<ref>Twigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 572.</ref>|end=1 January, 1921<ref>Twigg Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 572.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{LCommRN}} [[George A. Scott]], D.S.C., 1 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 867}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Arthur Scott|nick=George A. Scott|appt=1 January, 1921<ref>Scott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/294.|D7605049}} f. 309.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 867}}|end=May, 1921<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/294.|D7605049}} f. 309.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Percival Clive Wickham Manwaring|nick=Percival C. W. Manwaring|appt=29 June, 1921|end=18 March, 1922}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Scott Bardwell|nick=William S. Bardwell|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}|end=c. 20 August, 1924{{INF}}|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Creighton Collinson|nick=Alfred C. Collinson|appt=January, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 272}}|end=14 August, 1925{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Percival Henry Gwynne James|nick=Percival H. G. James|appt=14 August, 1925{{NLFeb29|p. 271}}|end=mid 1929{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter James Burberry Handley|nick=Walter J. B. Handley|appt=1 October, 1929|end=|note=additional, from 15 July 1929}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 17:32, 23 September 2018

H.M.S. Stormcloud (1919)
Pendant Number: D.89 (Jan 1920)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 30 May, 1919[4]
Completed: 28 Jan, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Stormcloud was commissioned on 20 January, 1920.[6]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 28 January, 1925.[7]

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927.[8]

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

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. (January, 1921). p. 867.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 271.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 271.
  10. Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 572.
  11. Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 572.
  12. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 867.
  14. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  15. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 271.

Bibliography


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