HMS Scythe (1918)
 Scythe in 1918 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Scythe |
| Ordered: | June 1917 |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Laid down: | 14 January 1918 |
| Launched: | 25 April 1918 |
| Completed: | July 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up 28 November 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | S-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,075 tons |
| Length: | 276 ft (84 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Propulsion: | Brown-Curtis, steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp |
| Speed: | 36 knots |
| Range: | 250-300 tons of oil |
| Complement: | 90 |
| Armament: | 3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns, mount P Mk. IX 1 × QF 2 pdr Mark II "pom-pom" |
| Notes: | Pennant number: G32; H22 (from 1925) |
HMS Scythe was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.[1] She was built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank and was launched on 10 April 1918. She saw service during the First World War and was involved in the Irish Civil War in the interwar period before being discarded in 1931.
Service history
Scythe served in the 12th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet 1918-19, moving to the new 7th Destroyer Flotilla at Rosyth in 1919 before going into reserve at Devonport on 12 November 1919. Subsequently, she was re-commissioned on 4 April 1923 and served as an independent command in Irish waters after the establishment of the Irish Free State. She was involved in a shooting incident at Queenstown on 21 March 1924, when machine gun fire was directed at her.[2] She continued to serve in Irish waters until she was laid up, before being sold on 28 November 1931 for breaking by Cashmore (Newport), arriving December 1931.
Commanding Officers
- Lt. Cdr. Evelyn H. B. L. Scrivener (22 June 1918)
- (reduced to reserve, Devonport, 12 November 1919)
- Cdr. Herbert W. Wyld DSO (9 February 1920)
- Lt. Geoffrey S. Grenfell (acting, temporary) (June 1920)
- (recommissioned 4 April 1923)
- Lt. Cdr. A. Knubley (17 March 1924)
- Lt. Cdr. L. T. C. Hill (1 September 1925)
- (reduced to 3/5-th complement, 28 December 1925)
- Lt. Cdr. J. G. Crossley (31 December 1927)
- Lt. Cdr. F. E. Wilmot-Sitwell (21 August 1928)
- Lt. Cdr. F. C. Husband-Clutton (20 August 1929)
- Commissioned Engineer T. G. Rayleigh (3 March 1931)
- (recommissioned in the Reserve Fleet as tender to Comus, Devonport, 26 May 1931)
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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