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Paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 30 March, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 271}}
 
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''Stronghold'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 September, 1934 under Lt. Cdr. [[Arthur Caerlyon Stanford]] for service with the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLOct35|p. 276}}
  
 
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 January, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 277}}
 
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Revision as of 10:10, 31 December 2018

H.M.S. Stronghold (1919)
Pendant Number: F.A8 (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 6 May, 1919[4]
Completed: 2 Jul, 1919[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Stronghold 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 Portsmouth on 16 August, 1920.[6]

Reduced to Reserve Complement at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1925.[7]

She was Reduced to Reserve on 10 January, 1927.[8]

Paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 30 March, 1928.[9]

The ship was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 31 March, 1931.[10]

Stronghold was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 September, 1934 under Lt. Cdr. Arthur Caerlyon Stanford for service with the Home Fleet.[11]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 January, 1937.[12]

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. 868.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 272.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 271.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 271.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 276.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 276.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
  13. Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.
  14. Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.
  15. Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
  16. Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
  17. Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 272.
  19. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  20. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 271.
  22. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  23. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 271.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 274.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 276.
  27. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 276.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 277.
  29. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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