H.M.S. Scimitar (1918)

H.M.S. Scimitar (1918)
Pendant Number:	G.41 (Apr 1918)
Builder:	John Brown
Ordered:	Apr, 1917 (1st Order)
Launched:	27 Feb, 1918
Completed:	13 Apr, 1918
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H.M.S. Scimitar was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

Service

She reduced to Reserve Fleet at Devonport on 14 August, 1920.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Christopher J. F. Eddis, 19 March, 1918 – 19 October, 1918  (died of influenza)
• Lieutenant-Commander James R. C. Cavendish, 21 October, 1918 – 6 February, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander John H. Jauncey, 31 December, 1919 – 1 February, 1920
• Lieutenant in Command Edward Eastwick-Field, 21 June, 1920  (temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises)

See Also

• Wikipedia