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hinkinsd

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HMS Vernon (Skate)
« on: 24 May 2016 09:00:16 pm »

My father Petty Officer George Hinkins J.X 255445 joined the RN in November 1925 aged 15-  From the 29 th June 1929 to 2 nd December 1929 the entry reads HMS Vernon (Skate) Can any one tell me what the Skate inside the brackets refers to.
David
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Re: HMS Vernon (Skate)
« Reply #1 on: 25 May 2016 09:35:38 am »

The notation Vernon (Skate) indicates that he was serving aboard the ‘R’ class destroyer H.M.S. Skate and his pay and victualling account was held by H.M.S. Vernon, which was a Torpedo school in Portsmouth.
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