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Revision as of 15:22, 15 June 2016

H.M.S. Sheldrake (1911)
Pendant Number: H.88 (1914)
H.0A (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Denny[2]
Launched: 18 Jan, 1911[3]
Completed: 19 May, 1911[4]
Sold: Nov, 1921[5]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Sheldrake was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

In mid-1913, Sheldrake was operating with the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

She reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 17 February, 1920.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 376.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 864.
  8. Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398a.
  10. Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398a.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398a.
  13. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 907.

Bibliography


Acorn Class Destroyer
Acorn Alarm Brisk Sheldrake Staunch
Cameleon Comet Goldfinch Nemesis Nereide
Nymphe Fury Hope Larne Lyra
Martin Minstrel Redpole Rifleman Ruby
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