H.M.S. Osprey (1897)

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H.M.S. Osprey (1897)
Pendant Number: P.80 (1914)
D.64 (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: 1896-97 Programme[3]
Laid down: 14 Nov, 1896[4]
Launched: 17 Apr, 1897[5]
Commissioned: Jul, 1898[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

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

Service

In March 1904, Osprey was involved in a collision with Vixen, whose Lt. in Command Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson was told to be more careful in future.[8]

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Third Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

In mid-1913, active with Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

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. Spicer-Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/248. f. 221.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
  11. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
  12. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
  13. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  14. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  15. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  16. Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
  17. Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
  18. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  19. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
  20. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
  21. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 351.
  22. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 351.
  23. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435. f. 486.
  24. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435. f. 486.
  25. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 351.
  27. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  28. Cater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/17. f. 9.
  29. Cater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/17. f. 9.
  30. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 351.
  31. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  32. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 351.
  33. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  34. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 352.
  35. Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
  36. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
  37. Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
  38. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  39. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 365.
  40. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  41. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396i.
  42. MacRae Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/114. f. 116.
  43. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396c.
  44. MacRae Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/114. f. 116.
  45. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 858.
  46. MacRae Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/114. f. 116.
  47. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 857.
  48. Manners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/345. f. 245.
  49. Manners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/345. f. 245.

Bibliography


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