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'''H.M.S. ''Sturgeon''''' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Sturgeon''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
She was reduced to reduced Complement on 16 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 868}}
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[[Henry Maurice Coombs]] was awarded a D.S.O. for destroying an enemy submarine while in command of ''Sturgeon'' on 11 March, 1918,<ref>Coombs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref> but there is no clear indication on Uboat.net that the Germans lost a submarine on this date.<ref>[http://www.uboat.net/wwi/fates/losses.html Uboat.net list of uboat losses.]</ref>
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''Sturgeon'' was reduced to reduced Complement on 16 August, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 272}}
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Paid off into Dockyard Control on 6 January, 1926.{{NLFeb26|p. 272}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Henry Clive Rawlings|Henry C. Rawlings]], D.S.O., 11 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 868}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Arthur Hornell|nick=Robert A. Hornell|appt=15 February, 1917<ref>Hornell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>|end=30 April, 1917<ref>Hornell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Hugo Knox-Little|nick=Charles H. Knox-Little|appt=1 May, 1917<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|end=22 May, 1917<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|note=blamed for explosion of depth charge(s) on 11 May}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Michael Mack|nick=Ralph M. Mack|appt=11 July, 1917<ref>Mack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/81.|D7604180}} f. 43.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 398''a''}}|end=30 November, 1917<ref>Mack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/81.|D7604180}} f. 43.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Maurice Coombs|nick=Henry M. Coombs|appt=30 November, 1917<ref>Coombs Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 911''a''}}|end=3 February, 1919<ref>Coombs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton|nick=Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton|appt=3 February, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 868}}|end=11 January, 1921<ref>Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/243.|}} f. 601.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=11 January, 1921<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 868}}|end=11 January, 1923<ref>Rawlings Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Harter|nick=Richard Harter|appt=11 January, 1923<ref>Harter Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/123.|D7605210}} f. 487.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 272}}|end=14 March, 1925<ref>Harter Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/123.|D7605210}} f. 487.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Graham Crossley|nick=John G. Crossley|appt=14 March, 1925<ref>Crossley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/99.|D7615897}} f. ?.</ref>|end=22 October, 1925<ref>Crossley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/99.|D7615897}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke|nick=Joseph H. L. Yorke|appt=22 October, 1925<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>|end=4 November, 1925<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 20:18, 1 October 2019

H.M.S. Sturgeon (1917)
Pendant Number: F.49 (Jan 1917)
G.17 (Jan 1918)
F.47 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Alexander Stephen & Sons[2]
Ordered: Jul 1915 (6th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 11 Jan, 1917[5]
Completed: 26 Feb, 1917[6]
Sold: 16 Dec, 1926[7]

H.M.S. Sturgeon was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Henry Maurice Coombs was awarded a D.S.O. for destroying an enemy submarine while in command of Sturgeon on 11 March, 1918,[8] but there is no clear indication on Uboat.net that the Germans lost a submarine on this date.[9]

Sturgeon was reduced to reduced Complement on 16 August, 1920.[10]

Paid off into Dockyard Control on 6 January, 1926.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  4. March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  6. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  8. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  9. Uboat.net list of uboat losses.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 272.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 272.
  12. Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
  13. Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
  14. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  15. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  16. Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/81. f. 43.
  17. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398a.
  18. Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/81. f. 43.
  19. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911a.
  21. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  22. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 868.
  23. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  24. Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 868.
  26. Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  27. Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 272.
  29. Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
  30. Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. ?.
  31. Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. ?.
  32. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  33. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.

Bibliography


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