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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
− | + | ''Shakespeare'' was recommissioned at Port Edgar on 2 October, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 863}} | |
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+ | She recommissioned at Port Edgar with Reserve Crew on 27 September, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 269}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Reduced to Reserve on 2 December, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 269}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Commissioned on 1 April, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 269}} By mid-1931, she was in the Reserve Fleet at the Nore,{{NLJul31|p. 269}} remaining there until at least early 1933.{{NLJan33|p. 272}} | ||
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+ | In mid-June, 1936, she was one of five destroyers and leaders at Rosyth on the list for disposal.{{ToL|Ships for Disposal|16 June 1936, p. 8}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Shakespeare''"> | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Shakespeare''"> |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Alexander Waddilove Buller|nick=Francis A. W. Buller|appt=26 September, 1917<ref>Buller Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/465.|D7603248}} f. 538.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''x''}}|end=5 April, 1918<ref>Buller Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/465.|D7603248}} f. 538.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=and on staff of Captain Superintendent of Torpedo Boat Destroyers}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=27 March, 1918<ref>Goldsmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=8 June, 1918<ref>Goldsmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=27 March, 1918<ref>Goldsmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=8 June, 1918<ref>Goldsmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fischer Burges Watson|nick=Fischer B. Watson|appt=16 September, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 906''a''}}<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 80.</ref>|end=19 March, 1919<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 80.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fischer Burges Watson|nick=Fischer B. Watson|appt=16 September, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 906''a''}}<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 80.</ref>|end=19 March, 1919<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 80.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=19 March, 1919{{NLJan20|p. 863}}<ref>Strong Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>|end=9 January, 1920<ref>Strong Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=19 March, 1919{{NLJan20|p. 863}}<ref>Strong Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>|end=9 January, 1920<ref>Strong Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=9 January, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 863}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=9 January, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 863}}<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|end=7 May, 1921<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sidney Julius Meyrick|nick=Sidney J. Meyrick|appt=4 May, 1921|end=2 May, 1922|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|6}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Sir Andrew B. Cunningham|appt=2 May, 1922<ref>Cunningham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>|end=19 December, 1922<ref>Cunningham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|6}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Sir Andrew B. Cunningham|appt=2 May, 1922<ref>Cunningham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>|end=19 December, 1922<ref>Cunningham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|6}}}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Lushington Coleridge|nick=Guy L. Coleridge|appt=10 October, 1925<ref>Coleridge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>|end=21 December, 1925<ref>Coleridge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Gascoigne Robinson|nick=Eric G. Robinson|appt=19 December, 1922<ref>Robinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|end=September, 1923<ref>Robinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|6}}, then of {{UK-DF|7}} from July, 1923}} |
− | {{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=September, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 269}}<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|end=15 September, 1924<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|nick=Lewis G. E. Crabbe|appt=15 September, 1924<ref>Crabbe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/168.|D7603675}} f. 169.</ref>|end=15 January, 1925<ref>Crabbe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/168.|D7603675}} f. 169.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=15 January, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 269}}|end=11 May, 1925<ref>Creagh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}, then {{UK-DF|9}} from 1 April, 1925}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=7 July, 1925<ref>Creagh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>|end=10 October, 1925<ref>Creagh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|1}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Lushington Coleridge|nick=Guy L. Coleridge|appt=10 October, 1925<ref>Coleridge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>|end=21 December, 1925<ref>Coleridge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|9}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Jelfs Cubison|nick=Arthur J. Cubison|appt=23 November, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 269}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=14 May, 1929<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|end=12 December, 1929<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Nore}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
− | {{WP| | + | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Shakespeare_(1917)}} |
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Latest revision as of 00:56, 30 May 2021
H.M.S. Shakespeare (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | F.89 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
Launched: | 7 Jul, 1917[3] |
Handed over: | 2 Sep, 1936[4] |
H.M.S. Shakespeare was one of five flotilla leaders of the Shakespeare class.
Service
Shakespeare was recommissioned at Port Edgar on 2 October, 1920.[5]
She recommissioned at Port Edgar with Reserve Crew on 27 September, 1923.[6]
Reduced to Reserve on 2 December, 1925.[7]
Commissioned on 1 April, 1928.[8] By mid-1931, she was in the Reserve Fleet at the Nore,[9] remaining there until at least early 1933.[10]
In mid-June, 1936, she was one of five destroyers and leaders at Rosyth on the list for disposal.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Francis A. W. Buller, 26 September, 1917[12][13] – 5 April, 1918[14] (and on staff of Captain Superintendent of Torpedo Boat Destroyers)
- Commander Malcolm L. Goldsmith, 27 March, 1918[15] – 8 June, 1918[16]
- Commander Fischer B. Watson, 16 September, 1918[17][18] – 19 March, 1919[19]
- Commander Frederick E. K. Strong, 19 March, 1919[20][21] – 9 January, 1920[22]
- Commander Edmond J. G. Mackinnon, 9 January, 1920[23][24] – 7 May, 1921[25]
- Captain Sidney J. Meyrick, 4 May, 1921 – 2 May, 1922 (and as Captain (D), Sixth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, 2 May, 1922[26] – 19 December, 1922[27] (and as Captain (D) of Sixth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Eric G. Robinson, 19 December, 1922[28] – September, 1923[29] (and as Captain (D) of Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, then of Seventh Destroyer Flotilla from July, 1923)
- Captain Edmond J. G. Mackinnon, September, 1923[30][31] – 15 September, 1924[32] (and as Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 15 September, 1924[33] – 15 January, 1925[34] (and as Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain James V. Creagh, 15 January, 1925[35] – 11 May, 1925[36] (and as Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, then Ninth Destroyer Flotilla from 1 April, 1925)
- Captain James V. Creagh, 7 July, 1925[37] – 10 October, 1925[38] (and as Captain (D), First Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Guy L. Coleridge, 10 October, 1925[39] – 21 December, 1925[40] (and as Captain (D), Ninth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur J. Cubison, 23 November, 1925[41]
- Captain Edmond J. G. Mackinnon, 14 May, 1929[42] – 12 December, 1929[43] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Nore)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 863.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 272.
- ↑ "Ships for Disposal." The Times (London, England), 16 June 1936, p. 8.
- ↑ Buller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/465. f. 538.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397x.
- ↑ Buller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/465. f. 538.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 906a.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 863.
- ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
- ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
- ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
- ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 269.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
- ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 269.
- ↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
- ↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
- ↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 269.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
Bibliography
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