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|pend=F.74 (Jan 1917)<br>F.76 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 70}}
 
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'''H.M.S. ''Thruster''''' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Thruster''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
 
''Thruster'' re-commissioned with reduced Complement on 11 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 873}}
 
''Thruster'' re-commissioned with reduced Complement on 11 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 873}}
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She was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 6 February, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 275}}
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Commissioned at Portsmouth on 26 May, 1926 for work with the [[Portland Anti-Submarine Flotilla]].{{NLJul31|p. 274}}
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After many years of continuous operation with the {{UK-ASF}} out of Portland and a brief stint as Local Defence destroyers based on Alexandria, {{UK-Rowena}}, {{UK-Torrid}} and ''Thruster'' paid off into Reserve at The Nore on 11 June, 1936.{{ToL|Destroyer Changes|Saturday, May 30, 1936; pg. 8; Issue 47388}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Thruster''">
* {{LieutRN}}in Command [[George Haines Faulkner|George H. Faulkner]], D.S.C., 17 December, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Astley Dundas Cooper Cooper-Key|nick=Astley D. C. Cooper-Key|appt=14 March, 1917<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}}  f. 15.</ref>|end=March, 1917<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}}  f. 15.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[Ernest Russell Archer|Ernest R. Archer]], 29 July, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 873.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Louis Downall Gibbs|nick=George L. D. Gibbs|appt=March, 1917<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>|ass=June, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 919}}|end=17 December, 1918<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=17 December, 1918{{NLMay19|p. 919}}|end=May, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Daniel Harvey Rainier|nick=Daniel H. Rainier|appt=1 October, 1919<ref>Rainier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/33.|D8123198}} f. 363.</ref>{{NLJul20|p. 873}}|end=28 July, 1920<ref>Rainier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/33.|D8123198}} f. 363.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernest Russell Archer|nick=Ernest R. Archer|appt=29 July, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 873}}<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|end=21 November, 1921<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Louis Veresmith|nick=Noel L. Veresmith|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}|end=21 August, 1924|note=for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|nick=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|appt=27 May, 1926<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.</ref>|end=July, 1926<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=July, 1926<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>|end=28 April, 1927<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Leon Stopford Acheson|nick=Leon S. Acheson|appt=28 April, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 274}}|end=24 August, 1928}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Hinton Knowles|nick=Charles H. Knowles|appt=24 August, 1928|end=1 December, 1928}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=1 December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 274}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=14 April, 1930<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=30 June, 1931<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hilary Dorsett Owen|nick=Hilary D. Owen|appt=29 June, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 278}}|end=}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 08:36, 7 August 2018

H.M.S. Thruster (1917)
Pendant Number: F.74 (Jan 1917)
F.76 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company/C. A. Parsons & Company[2]
Ordered: Mar 1916 (8th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 10 Jan, 1917[5]
Completed: 30 Mar, 1917[6]
Sold: 1937[7]

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

Service

Thruster re-commissioned with reduced Complement on 11 October, 1919.[8]

She was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 6 February, 1923.[9]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 26 May, 1926 for work with the Portland Anti-Submarine Flotilla.[10]

After many years of continuous operation with the Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland and a brief stint as Local Defence destroyers based on Alexandria, Rowena, Torrid and Thruster paid off into Reserve at The Nore on 11 June, 1936.[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. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 873.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 275.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 274.
  11. "Destroyer Changes." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 30, 1936; pg. 8; Issue 47388.
  12. Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
  13. Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
  14. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  15. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  16. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 919.
  17. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 873.
  19. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 873.
  21. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  22. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  23. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  24. Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  25. Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  26. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  27. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 274.
  29. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 274.
  30. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  31. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  32. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 278.

Bibliography


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