HMS Thracian (D86)
sister ship to HMS Tenedos H04 above.
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Navy: |
RN |
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Type: |
Destroyer |
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Class: |
Admiralty old S-type |
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Pennant: |
D 86 |
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Built by: |
Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
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Ordered: |
Jun, 1917 |
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Laid down: |
10 Jan, 1918 |
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Launched: |
5 Mar, 1920 |
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Commissioned: |
21 Apr, 1920 |
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Lost: |
24 Dec, 1941 |
| History: | |
| HMS Thracian (Lt. Cdr. A.L. Pears, RN) ran aground at Hong Hong on 24 December 1941 and was captured by the Japanese. She was salvaged by the IJN, repaired and recommissioned on 25 November 1942 as Patrol Vessel No.101, then re-rated a training ship in March 1944, being attached to the torpedo school at Yokosuka. Recaptured in 1945, she was eventually broken up at Hong Kong post-war | |
| Commanding Officers: |
Lt.Cdr. Henry Graham Dudley de Chair, RN 14 August 1938 – 12 November 1940 Cdr. Arthur Luard Pears, RN
(retired) |
