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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Douglas Egremont Robert Brownrigg, Fourth Baronet|nick=Douglas E. R. Brownrigg|appt=10 May, 1898<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 492.</ref>|end=3 March, 1899<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 492.</ref>}}
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Revision as of 13:51, 4 November 2015

H.M.S. Starfish (1895)
Builder: Vickers[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 22 Mar, 1894[3]
Launched: 26 Jan, 1895[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1896[5]
Broken up: 1912[6]

H.M.S. Starfish was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".

Like many in her class, she was broken up before the war.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93. Then known as the "Naval Construction and Armament Company".
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 92/182.
  8. Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 92/182.
  9. Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
  10. Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
  11. Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 419.
  12. Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 419.

Bibliography


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