H.M.S. Kennet (1903)

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H.M.S. Kennet (1903)
Pendant Number: unknown[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: 1902-03 Programme[3]
Laid down: 5 Feb, 1902[4]
Launched: 4 Dec, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Jan, 1905[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

H.M.S. Kennet was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.

Service

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Third Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

On 1 July 1913, she left Malta for Corfu with eight other destroyers under the lead of the torpedo gunboat Hussar.[9] On 4 July, the destroyers left Corfu for Platea, sans Hussar.[10]

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.[11]

Under the command of Lieutenant Farrant, on 8 March, 1915, Kennet was among several destroyers that went to the aid of the mined battleship Ocean, seeing Chelmer rescue 500 men.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

One source claims that Lieutenant Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant was in command on 8 March, 1915, but this seems to contradict the Navy Lists, and he seems to have been wounded just two days prior in Scorpion.[41]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  8. The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 3, 1913, Issue 40254, p.6.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 7, 1913, Issue 40257, p.6.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 335.
  12. Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
  13. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  14. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  15. Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  16. Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  17. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 336.
  18. Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
  19. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 335.
  20. Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 335.
  22. Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  23. Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  24. King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
  25. Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  26. Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  27. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 335.
  28. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 334.
  29. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  30. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  31. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  32. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306. Day of month inferred from Russel's Service Record.
  33. Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
  34. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395f.
  35. Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
  36. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394v.
  37. Rodney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/231. f. 232.
  38. Rodney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/231. f. 232.
  39. Wingfield Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/79. f. 81.
  40. Wingfield Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/79. f. 81.
  41. Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.

Bibliography


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