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Re-commissioned on 17 January, 1925 for duty in the {{UK-DF|8}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 274}}
 
Re-commissioned on 17 January, 1925 for duty in the {{UK-DF|8}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 274}}
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Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 under the command of [[Hamilton Edward Snepp]] for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 274}}
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Re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 1 October, 1929 for continued service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul31|p. 274}}
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Re-commissioned in Reserve at Chatham on 12 February, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 278}}
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Commissioned on 26 October, 1936 under the command of Lt. Cdr. [[Edward Bernard Tancock|Tancock]] for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 280}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=7 January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 274}}|end=February, 1929}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=7 January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 274}}|end=February, 1929}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Noel Louis Veresmith|nick=Noel L. Veresmith|appt=1 February, 1929|end=February, 1931}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Noel Louis Veresmith|nick=Noel L. Veresmith|appt=1 February, 1929|end=February, 1931}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Courtney Banister|nick=Gerald C. Banister|appt=9 February, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 274}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Henry Longsdon|nick=Edward H. Longsdon|appt=15 January, 1932{{NavAppts|Friday, January 8, 1932, Issue 46025, p.19}}|end=18 April, 1932}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Bernard Tancock|nick=Edward B. Tancock|appt=26 October, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 280}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Graham Dudley de Chair|nick=Henry G. D. de Chair|appt=14 August, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|4244}}|end=12 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4244}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Arthur Luard Pears|nick=Arthur L. Pears|appt=12 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4244}}|end=December 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4244}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
 
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Revision as of 09:46, 9 July 2019

H.M.S. Thracian (1920)
Pendant Number: G.A4 (1920)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 5 Mar, 1920[4]
Completed: 21 Apr, 1920[5]
Sold:

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

She was completed in 1920.

Service

Re-commissioned on 17 January, 1925 for duty in the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[6]

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 under the command of Hamilton Edward Snepp for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[7]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October, 1929 for continued service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[8]

Re-commissioned in Reserve at Chatham on 12 February, 1932.[9]

Commissioned on 26 October, 1936 under the command of Lt. Cdr. Tancock for service on the China Station.[10]

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. 274.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 274.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 274.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 278.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 280.
  11. Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
  12. Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
  13. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  14. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  15. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  16. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  17. Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  18. Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 274.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 274.
  21. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, January 8, 1932, Issue 46025, p.19.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 280.
  23. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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