H.M.S. Sturgeon (1917)

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

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, but there is no clear indication on Uboat.net that the Germans lost a submarine on this date.

Sturgeon was reduced to reduced Complement on 16 August, 1920.

Paid off into Dockyard Control on 6 January, 1926.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant & Commander Robert A. Hornell, 15 February, 1917 – 30 April, 1917
• Lieutenant-Commander Charles H. Knox-Little, 1 May, 1917 – 22 May, 1917  (blamed for explosion of depth charge(s) on 11 May)
• Lieutenant-Commander Ralph M. Mack, 11 July, 1917 – 30 November, 1917
• Lieutenant-Commander Henry M. Coombs, 30 November, 1917 – 3 February, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton, 3 February, 1919 – 11 January, 1921
• Commander Henry C. Rawlings, 11 January, 1921 – 11 January, 1923
• Lieutenant-Commander Richard Harter, 11 January, 1923 – 14 March, 1925
• Lieutenant-Commander John G. Crossley, 14 March, 1925 – 22 October, 1925
• Lieutenant-Commander Joseph H. L. Yorke, 22 October, 1925 – 4 November, 1925

See Also

• Wikipedia