H.M.S. Tiger (1900)
| H.M.S. Tiger (1900) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | John Brown & Company[1] |
| Ordered: | Purchased 31 Mar 1900 |
| Launched: | 19 May, 1900[2] |
| Commissioned: | Jun, 1901[3] |
| Collision: | 2 Apr, 1908[4] |
| Fate: | w/ Berwick |
H.M.S. Tiger was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
There was also a later ship, a battlecruiser, named Tiger.
Service
In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the First Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[5]
Tiger was lost to a collision on 2 April 1908 while conducting night exercises off the Isle of Wight with the Portsmouth Flotilla. The "enemy" were six ships led by the battleship Prince George on transit to Portland. Tiger was the second of three destroyers in the second division to make an attack, led by Recruit. When Recruit fired a flare to signal a mock torpedo firing, she peeled off to starboard to clear the enemy ships, but Tiger kept going straight, attempting to pass between Prince George and Berwick behind. The second ship struck her amidships and broke her in two. The bow section sank quickly without survivors, and twenty-two survived from the stern section.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant James R. P. Hawksley, 5 October, 1900[7] – 5 January, 1902[8]
- Lieutenant & Commander Alexander H. Quicke, 16 July, 1901[9] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1901)
- Lieutenant in Command Wion de M. Egerton, 21 July, 1903[10][11] – 18 August, 1903[12] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald L. Crichton, c. late August, 1903[13] – 15 October, 1903[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles H. Davey, 14 July, 1904[15] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1904)
- Commander William N. England, 9 January, 1905[16] – 27 January, 1905[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry F. D. Jelf, 27 January, 1905[18] – 20 October, 1905[19]
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald G. Copleston, 20 October, 1905[20][21] – 31 March, 1906[22]
- Lieutenant & Commander William S. F. Forbes, 31 March, 1906 – 28 May, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander William E. Middleton, 28 May, 1906[23] – 2 April, 1908[24] (died when vessel lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 20.
- ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
- ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
- ↑ Crichton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/46. f. 54.
- ↑ Crichton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/46. f. 54.
- ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
- ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
- ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
- ↑ Jelf Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/389. f. 395.
- ↑ Jelf Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/389. f. 395.
- ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 386.
- ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 386.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
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