H.M.S. Tourmaline (1919)

H.M.S. Tourmaline (1919)
Pendant Number:	D.83 (Dec 1919)
Builder:	Thornycroft
Ordered:	Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)
Launched:	12 Apr, 1919
Completed:	Dec, 1919
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H.M.S. Tourmaline was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

Service

Tourmaline completed to full crew at Portsmouth, 18 December, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant Donal S. McGrath, November, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander John I. Hallett, 13 November, 1919 – 28 November, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Patrick Butter, 5 August, 1921 – 13 November, 1921
• Lieutenant-Commander Ralph W. Wilkinson, 13 December, 1922 – 27 November, 1913
• Commander Alexander L. Fletcher, January, 1924 – March, 1926
• Commander Richard Harter, 1 March, 1926 – 26 September, 1926
• Commander John Fawcett, 21 September, 1926 – April, 1928  (and in command of Gibraltar Local Defence Flotilla from 1 January, 1927)
• Commander Henry V. Hudson, 29 January, 1929 – 6 January, 1930  (and in command of Gibraltar Local Defence Flotilla, undated)

See Also

• Wikipedia