H.M.S. Sirdar (1918)

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H.M.S. Sirdar (1918)
Pendant Number: G.27 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 6 Jul, 1918[4]
Completed: 6 Sep, 1918[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Joined the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla upon completion.

In February 1919, made a part of the new Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth with 2/5ths crew on 4 December, 1923, Sirdar was with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet by March of 1925.[6]

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 7 January, 1927 as part of 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]

She paid off on 14 April, 1932 to join the Reserve Fleet at Portsmouth.[9]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 270.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 269.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 270.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 273.
  10. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  11. Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/219. f. ?.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 907.
  13. Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/219. f. ?.
  14. Master Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/316. f. ?.
  15. Master Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/316. f. ?.
  16. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
  17. FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
  18. Ohlenschlager Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/275. f. 645.
  19. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 864.
  20. Ohlenschlager Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/275. f. 645.
  21. Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
  22. Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
  23. Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
  24. Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 812.
  26. Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 270.
  28. Moor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/9. f. 9.
  29. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 270.
  30. Moor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/9. f. 9.
  31. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 269.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 270.
  33. Micklethwait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/229. f. ?.

Bibliography


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Sirdar Somme Success Shamrock Shikari
Senator Sepoy Seraph Swallow Swordsman
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Tara Tasmania Tattoo Scythe Seabear
Seafire Searcher Seawolf Sportive Stalwart
Tilbury Tintagel Sardonyx Stonehenge Stormcloud
Spear Spindrift Serapis Serene Sesame
Strenuous Stronghold Sturdy Trojan Truant
Trusty Turbulent Tenedos Thanet Thracian
Thornycroft Specials
Speedy Tobago Torbay Toreador Tourmaline
Yarrow Specials
Torch Tomahawk Tryphon Tumult Turquoise
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