H.M.S. Wolverine (1910)
| H.M.S. Wolverine (1910) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | H.18 (1917)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird[2] |
| Ordered: | 1908-09 Programme[3] |
| Launched: | 15 Jan, 1910[4] |
| Completed: | Sep, 1910[5] |
| Collision: | 12 Dec, 1917[6] |
| Fate: | w/Rosemary[7] |
H.M.S. Wolverine was one of sixteen destroyers of the Beagle class. She was lost in a collision in December, 1917.
A later H.M.S. Wolverine was launched in 1919.
Service
In mid-1913, active with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
On 28 April, 1915, as Wolverine was working as a high speed minesweeper in the Dardanelles area, Commander Osmond J. Prentis was killed by a shell which struck her bridge.[9] He was succeeded in command by Lieutenant-Commander Adrian St. Vincent Keyes, who would continue to lead Wolverine in vital support work on the left side of the operational area.
At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, Wolverine worked with five other Beagles and Arno to tow troop barges in.[10]
Two men died when she sank after a collision off Northwest Ireland.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Claude Seymour, 2 September, 1910[12] – 29 September, 1910[13]
- Commander Hugh B. Le Fanu, 29 September, 1910[14] – 7 December, 1910[15]
- Commander Lionel G. Preston, 7 December, 1910[16][17] – 1 August, 1912[18]
- Commander Graham R. L. Edwards, 1 August, 1912[19][20] – 20 November, 1913[21]
- Commander Osmond J. Prentis, 20 November, 1913[22][23] – 28 April, 1915[24] (killed at the Dardanelles while in command)
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Adrian St. V. Keyes, 28 April, 1915[25][26] – 14 July, 1916[27]
- Lieutenant in Command Martin J. C. de Meric, 21 August, 1916[28][29] – September, 1917[30]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick L. Cavaye, September, 1917[31][32] – 12 December, 1917[33][34] (vessel lost to collision under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 397a.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 433.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
- ↑ Le Fanu Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/302. f. 303.
- ↑ Le Fanu Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/302. f. 303.
- ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 397a.
- ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
- ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/417. ff. 419, 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 397a.
- ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/417. ff. 419, 229.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399h.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399k.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399j.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ Cavaye Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/100. f. 99.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399g.
- ↑ Cavaye Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/100. f. 99.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 112.
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