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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=24 July, 1905<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|end=1 January, 1907<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} for command of torpedo craft in reserve at Devonport|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=24 July, 1905<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|end=1 January, 1907<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} for command of torpedo craft in reserve at Devonport|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt|appt=2 January, 1907<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>|end=2 January, 1908<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt|appt=2 January, 1907<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>|end=2 January, 1908<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=15 June, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 397''y''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=15 June, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 397''y''}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morshead Buchanan Baillie-Hamilton|nick=Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton|appt=July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 908}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morshead Buchanan Baillie-Hamilton|nick=Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton|appt=July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 908}}}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:48, 4 November 2015
| H.M.S. Skirmisher (1905) | |
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| Pendant Number: | D.55 (1914) P.55 (Sep 1915) N.95 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow[2] |
| Laid down: | 29 Jul, 1903[3] |
| Launched: | 7 Feb, 1905[4] |
| Commissioned: | Jul, 1905[5] |
| Sold: | 3 Mar, 1920[6] |
| Fate: | to Ward, Preston[7] |
H.M.S. Skirmisher was one of eight Sentinel class Scout Cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in 1905.
Service
As part of the Channel Fleet, Skirmisher started a refit in Devonport in August 1908, after Battle Practice.[8]
Skirmisher re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 July, 1913 for manoeuvres, destined for Seventh Destroyer Flotilla afterward.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Walter H. Cowan, 24 July, 1905[10] – 1 January, 1907[11] (and as Commodore, Second Class for command of torpedo craft in reserve at Devonport)
- Commander Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 2 January, 1907[12] – 2 January, 1908[13]
- Commander Edward Reeves, 2 January, 1908[14][15] – 4 January, 1910[16]
- Commander James U. Farie, 4 January, 1910[17] – 16 January, 1912[18]
- Commander William H. D. Boyle, 16 January, 1912[19] – 18 April, 1913[20]
- Commander John B. Sparks, 1 July, 1913[21][22] – 2 September, 1913[23]
- Captain Francis G. St. John, 7 October, 1913[24] (and as Captain (D) Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Francis C. Brown, 21 March, 1914[25] (and as Captain (D) Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Acting Captain Archibald Cochrane, 15 June, 1916[26]
- Commander Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton, July, 1918[27]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 376.
- ↑ Reeves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 57.
- ↑ Reeves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 57.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 419.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
- ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 374.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397y.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
Bibliography
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| Pathfinder | Patrol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Foresight | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Adventure | Attentive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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