H.M.S. Senator (1918)

H.M.S. Senator (1918)
Pendant Number:	G.36 (Jun 1918) D.44 (Sep 1918)
Builder:	Denny
Ordered:	Apr, 1917 (1st Order)
Launched:	2 Apr, 1918
Completed:	7 Jun, 1918
Sold:

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

Service

At some point in 1918, a torpedo ran hot in its tube when testing firing gear. The vibration caused the warhead and pistol to fall onto the deck!

She recommissioned at Devonport on 21 May, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth C. Helyar, 20 May, 1918 – 11 April, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Henry V. Hudson, 11 April, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Ernest R. Archer, November, 1922 – July, 1923
• Commander Reginald B. C. Hutchinson, 4 October, 1927 – November, 1927  (lent, for passage to Rosyth)

See Also

• Wikipedia