Seymour, Parker-class flotilla leader. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Sistership Veteran. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
HMS Amazon D39 (1925-1927). ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
An Admiralty modified W-class destroyer ordered under the 14th War Programme . Of the 38 ships ordered were just 7 completed, the other 31 were cancelled. Preceded by S-and Parker-classes and succeeded by Thornycroft type destroyer leaders Ambuscade and Amazon. Ordered in April 1918. Laid down by J. Samuel White & Company, Cowes, Wight on 20 December 1918, launched on 24 October 1919, transferred to the Royal Navy Dockyard, Portsmouth, England, commissioned on 20 September 1922, converted into a short-range escort (SRE) in 1942, after striking a mine on 23 December 1943 considered to be beyond economical repair, selected for conversion into an accommodation ship, recommissioned as HMS Yeoman in/after January 1945 and sold to be broken up on 17 September 1946.
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