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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hubert Osmond Wauton|nick=Hubert O. Wauton|appt=29 October, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 313}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hubert Osmond Wauton|nick=Hubert O. Wauton|appt=29 October, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 313}}|end=28 October, 1914{{KindellROH2|p. 28}}|note=killed in command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Miller Corrie Rutherfoord|nick=Edward M. C. Rutherfoord|appt=31 October, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 316}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Miller Corrie Rutherfoord|nick=Edward M. C. Rutherfoord|appt=31 October, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 316}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alastair Charles Nicol Farquhar|nick=Alastair C. N. Farquhar|appt=4 August, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''c''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alastair Charles Nicol Farquhar|nick=Alastair C. N. Farquhar|appt=4 August, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''c''}}}} | ||
Revision as of 15:06, 27 May 2015
| H.M.S. Falcon (1899) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.31 (1914) D.54 (Sep 1915) D.36 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
| Ordered: | 1899 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 28 Jun, 1899[4] |
| Launched: | 1899 |
| Commissioned: | Dec, 1901[5] |
| Collision: | 1 Apr, 1918[6] |
| Fate: | in North Sea[7] |
H.M.S. Falcon was one of forty destroyers of the "C" class — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, Falcon was with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
On 28 October, 1914, while screening the battleship Venerable during bombardment of the Belgian coast, a German 8-in shell struck the muzzle of a 6-pdr and killed her captain, Wauton, and injured fully a third of her crew. Sub-Lieutenant C. J. Du Boulay took command and was able to lead her clear of further danger.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Roger J. B. Keyes, 5 January, 1902[10] – 13 May, 1902[11]
- Commander William G. E. Ruck-Keene, 8 January, 1903[12] – 5 March, 1903[13]
- Lieutenant in Command Walter H. Cowan, 5 March, 1903[14]
- Lieutenant in Command Hubert O. Wauton, 29 October, 1912[15] – 28 October, 1914[16] (killed in command)
- Lieutenant in Command Edward M. C. Rutherfoord, 31 October, 1914[17]
- Lieutenant in Command Alastair C. N. Farquhar, 4 August, 1915[18]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Charles H. Lightoller, 26 July, 1916[19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. Table 4.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 311.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 63-4.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
- ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
- ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 157.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 313.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 28.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 316.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394c.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393t.
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