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HMS Scout (H 51)

Destroyer of the Admiralty S class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralty S 
PennantH 51 
Built byJohn Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 
OrderedApr, 1917 
Laid down25 Oct, 1917 
Launched27 Apr, 1918 
Commissioned15 Jun, 1918 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryScrapped on 2 March 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Hugh Crofton Simms, RN
15 Septeber 1938 – 20 January 1940

Lt.Cdr. Cecil Hamilton Holmes, RN
20 January 1940 – 12 November 1940

Lt.Cdr. Duncan Harmish Harper, RN (retired)
12 November 1940 - February 1941

Lt.Cdr. Hedworth Lambton, RN
February 1941 – 23 December 1942

Lt. Robert Graham Woodward, RN
23 December 1942 – December 1943

T/Lt. J.C.A. Hammond, RNR
December 1943 – June 1944

Lt. P.V. James, RNR
June 1944 –

T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.D. Cooper, RNVR
November 1944 - ???

Lt. P.V. James, RNR
??? – ???

T/Lt. C.P. Kane-White, RANVR
??? – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

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