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In 1915, while serving in the {{UK-DF|1}} out of South Queensferry, a wave stove in ''Tigress's'' bridge railings so far that {{LCommRN}} Whitfield's ribs were fractured.{{HardLying|p. 121}}
 
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On 14 November, 1916, Lieutenant Commander [[Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke|Yorke]]'s prompt actions in lifesaving efforts following a submarine attack on S.S. ''Idaho'' reflected great credit upon him.<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>
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''Tigress'' was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 875}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 16:07, 11 June 2016

H.M.S. Tigress (1911)
Pendant Number: H.92 (1914)
H.4A (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 20 Dec, 1911[4]
Completed: Apr, 1912[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Tigress 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 mid-1913, with the First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

In 1915, while serving in the First Destroyer Flotilla out of South Queensferry, a wave stove in Tigress's bridge railings so far that Lieutenant-Commander Whitfield's ribs were fractured.[9]

On 14 November, 1916, Lieutenant Commander Yorke's prompt actions in lifesaving efforts following a submarine attack on S.S. Idaho reflected great credit upon him.[10]

Tigress was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[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. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 387.
  9. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 121.
  10. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 875.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398r.
  13. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398s.
  15. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398l.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398l.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 920a'.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 920a'.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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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  
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  Huon Swan Torrens  
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