H.M.S. Rocket (1894)
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| H.M.S. Rocket (1894) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | J. & G. Thomson[1] |
| Ordered: | 1893-94[2] |
| Laid down: | 14 Feb, 1894[3] |
| Launched: | 14 Aug, 1894[4] |
| Commissioned: | Jul, 1895[5] |
| Broken up: | 1912[6] |
H.M.S. Rocket was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, a broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.
Like most of the 27 knotters, she was broken up before the war.
Construction & Service
Rocket replaced Sparrowhawk, which had been damaged in harbour accident, as one of two T.B.Ds. to leave Devonport for the West Indies Station in August, 1897. She and Quail left with the second class protected cruiser Charybdis acting as escort on 25 August.[7][8]
She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederick K. C. Gibbons, 24 July, 1895[10] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1895)
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest E. Lacy, 14 January, 1896[11] – 23 May, 1896
- Lieutenant & Commander Fawcet Wray, 15 June, 1897[12] – c. August, 1897 (for Jubilee Naval Review and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederic W. Dean, 18 August, 1897[13] – September, 1897[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander Evan C. Bunbury, 17 February, 1903[15]
- Lieutenant in Command Osmond J. Prentis, 19 April, 1904[16] – 20 May, 1904[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Michael Barne, 3 January, 1905[18] – 1 April, 1905
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald G. Copleston, 1 April, 1905[19] – 20 October, 1905[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry F. D. Jelf, 20 October, 1905[21][22] – 1 January, 1906[23]
- Lieutenant & Commander Percy Crabtree, 1 January, 1906 – 8 February, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander Arthur T. Blackwood, 20 February, 1906 – before 27 April, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard Daly, April, 1906[24] – 5 August, 1906
- Lieutenant Leonard A. B. Donaldson, June, 1906[25] – late June, 1906[26] (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Theodore E. J. Bigg, 3 August, 1906[27][28] – 26 April, 1907[29]
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald Henniker-Heaton, June, 1907[30] – 5 March, 1908[31]
- Lieutenant & Commander Herbert R. Stokes, 5 March, 1908[32] – May, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Cecil R. Nicholl, May, 1909[33] – mid 1909[Inference]
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald G. Talbot, mid 1909 – 29 July, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Walter G. Rigg, 29 July, 1909[34] – 20 June, 1910
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Walter G. Rigg, 7 September, 1910 – 17 October, 1910
- Lieutenant-Commander (T) Cecil R. Nicholl, 25 October, 1910 – 16 February, 1911
- Commander (I, Ru.) Edward A. D. Masterman, 16 February, 1911[35] – 12 April, 1911 (and for Whitehead Experiments)
- Commander Forster D. Arnold-Forster, 12 April, 1911[36] – 16 June, 1911[37]
- Lieutenant & Commander Sydney L. K. Lawford, 16 June, 1911[38] – 25 July, 1911[39] (temporary)
- Commander Forster D. Arnold-Forster, 25 July, 1911[40] – 1 August, 1911[41]
- Commander William L. Elder, 9 August, 1911 – 31 October, 1911
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 23 Aug. 1897, p. 5.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 25 Aug. 1897, p. 5.
- ↑ "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 256.
- ↑ "The Diamond Jubilee" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 16, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35231.
- ↑ Dean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/39. f. 41.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 4 Sept. 1897, p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 300.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
- ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
- ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
- ↑ Jelf Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/389. f. 395.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 368.
- ↑ Jelf Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/389. f. 395.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 368.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 368.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
- ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 368.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
- ↑ Lawford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/190. f. 191.
- ↑ Lawford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/190. f. 191.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
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