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Revision as of 15:23, 13 April 2015

H.M.S. Acheron (1911)
Pendant Number: H.00 (1914)
H.02 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 27 Jun, 1911[4]
Completed: Nov, 1911[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]
Fate: to Ward
Acheron, c1914 – Jan, 1918
1919 painting by her signalman, John W. A. Erasmuson, R.N.V.R.. Image courtesy of Les Smith.

H.M.S. Acheron was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[7]

Service

In July, 1914, Acheron was serving in First Destroyer Flotilla, part of First Fleet.[8]

Immediately before the start of war, plans to remove shipping strips under cocoanut matting on this ship and Ariel were deferred.[9]

She fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the First Destroyer Flotilla,[10] which was tasked with screening the Fifth Battle Squadron.

On 10 March, 1915, while operating out of Rosyth, she attacked and sank U 12 off of Fife Ness along with Ariel and Attack by repeated rams and gunfire.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  8. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  9. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 182 of 24 July, 1914.
  10. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
  11. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 121-2.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 272.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 272.
  14. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  15. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391a.
  17. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  18. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  19. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  20. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 391a.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391a.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 722.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Goshawk Hind Hornet Hydra Defender
Druid Sandfly Jackal Tigress Lapwing
  Lizard Phoenix Ferret Forester  
Yarrow Specials
  Archer Attack  
Thornycroft Specials
  Acheron Ariel  
Parsons Specials
  Badger Beaver  
Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
  Firedrake Lurcher Oak  
Australian type
  Parramatta Warrego Yarra  
  Huon Swan Torrens  
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