H.M.S. Fawn (1897)

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H.M.S. Fawn (1897)
Pendant Number: P.94 (1914)
D.55 (Sep 1915)
D.38 (Jan 1918)
H.38 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1896-97 Programme[3]
Laid down: 5 Sep, 1896[4]
Launched: 13 Apr, 1897[5]
Commissioned: Dec, 1898[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

H.M.S. Fawn was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

Fawn was delivered at Portsmouth from Palmer's, Jarrow-on-Tyne, on 15 September, 1898.[8] On 14 October, she completed her speed trial at Portsmouth, averaging 30.267 knots at 6,454 HP and 396.4 revolutions during her coal consumption trial. When coal consumption was not an issue, she made 30.462 knots in heavy winds and high seas which likely denied her another quarter knot.[9] Her gun mounting trials were completed successfully at Portsmouth on 26 October.[10]

In early June, 1899, Lt. John Knox Laird and the crew of Chamois were ordered to turn over to Fawn after their ship suffered a broken bed plate. This appears to be the first commissioning of the ship, dated 7 June.[11] The ship became part of the Portsmouth Instructional Flotilla.

Shortly after midnight on Saturday 10 August, 1901, a seaman named Luke drowned after he fell into a wet dock when trying to cross from T.B. 71 to Fawn. This was despite prompt measures to recover him.[12]

She was to be commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 April, 1902 for service on the Mediterranean Station, as tender to Orion, replacing the "A" Class destroyer Conflict.[13]

In mid-1913, she was with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[14]

By May 1919, Fawn was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 Sept. 1898, p. 5.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 15 Oct. 1898, p. 12.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 27 Oct. 1898, p. 8.
  11. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 June 1899, p. 8.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 12 Aug. 1901, p. 8.
  13. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 255.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 312.
  15. The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
  16. Laird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/448. f. 453.
  17. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 22 June 1899, p. 12.
  18. Laird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/448. f. 453.
  19. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  20. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 256. November may be given here.
  22. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  23. Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.
  24. Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.
  25. Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
  26. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 3 April 1902. (36732), p. 4.
  27. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 256.
  28. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 313.
  29. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 313-15.
  30. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  31. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  32. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  33. Denny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 284.
  34. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 313-15.
  35. Denny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 284.
  36. Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
  37. Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
  38. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 316.
  39. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
  40. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
  41. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  42. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  43. Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
  44. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 313-5.
  45. Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
  46. Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 458.
  47. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 312.
  48. Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 458.
  49. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  50. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  51. Smith-Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/8. f. 212.
  52. Smith-Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/8. f. 212.
  53. Whyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/191. f. 192.
  54. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 312.
  55. Whyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/191. f. 192.
  56. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 312.
  57. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  58. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  59. Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
  60. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394d.
  61. Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
  62. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 12, 1915; pg. 6; Issue 40826.
  63. Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  64. Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  65. Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
  66. Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
  67. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/282. f. ?.
  68. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/282. f. ?.
  69. Willits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/14. f. 14.
  70. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393t.
  71. Willits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/14. f. 14.
  72. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.
  73. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 793.
  74. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.

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