Did paying off ships mean dismissing their crews?

Did retiring Royal Navy ships after World War I also mean paying off their regular crews?

Regular sailors generally remained available for other ships or shore service, while reservists and wartime-only personnel returned to civilian life.

Paying off an old warship did not automatically dismiss its professional crew in the 1920s Royal Navy. Regular sailors could move to shore establishments or other ships. Postwar reductions first released reservists and personnel enlisted for wartime service, who returned to civilian employment. That distinction made the move back toward a regular peacetime establishment more predictable than a simple count of retired hulls suggests.