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H.M.S. Cheerful (1897)
Pendant Number:	P.13 (1914) D.49 (Sep 1915)^[1]
Builder:	Hawthorn Leslie^[2]
Ordered:	1896-97 Programme^[3]
Laid down:	7 Sep, 1896^[4]
Launched:	14 Jul, 1897^[5]
Commissioned:	Feb, 1900^[6]
Mined:	30 Jun, 1917^[7]
Fate:	off the Shetlands^[8]

H.M.S. Cheerful was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, she was home ported in Portland and serving in the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.^[9]

She was lost off the Shetlands^[10] while serving with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, a patrol flotilla.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Mark E. F. Kerr, 3 March, 1900^[11]
Lieutenant & Commander Richard F. White, 29 October, 1904^[12] – 7 March, 1905^[13]
Lieutenant & Commander Arthur G. Muller, 29 December, 1905^[14]
Commander James U. Farie, 14 January, 1908^[15] – 13 May, 1908^[16]
Lieutenant & Commander Richard A. A. Plowden, 13 May, 1908^[17]^[18] – 24 July, 1908^[19] (invalided)
Commander James U. Farie, 6 August, 1908^[20] – 10 September, 1909^[21]
Lieutenant & Commander John C. Hodgson, 10 September, 1909^[22]^[23] – 15 August, 1910^[24]
Lieutenant & Commander Wilfrid W. Hunt, 8 April, 1911^[25] – 24 May, 1911^[26]
Lieutenant-Commander Robert J. Buchanan, 5 March, 1912^[27] – 10 April, 1912^[28] (temporary, for special service)
Lieutenant-Commander Robert Makin, 28 January, 1913^[29]
Commander Theodore E. J. Bigg, 27 January, 1914^[30]^[31] – 22 September, 1915^[32]
Lieutenant-Commander Henry I. M. L. Scott, 22 September, 1915^[33] – 24 June, 1916^[34]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Harman A. L. Bond, 12 September, 1916^[35] – 30 June, 1917^[36] (vessel lost under his command)

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 292.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 30.
↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 293.
↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 293.
↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 292.
↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 458.
↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 458.
↑ Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
↑ Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 292.
↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392s.
↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393a.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 392i.

Bibliography

[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[2] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.

[5] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.

[7] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[8] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 292.

[10] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[11] Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 30.

[12] White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.

[13] White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.

[14] The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 293.

[15] Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.

[16] Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.

[17] Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.

[18] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 293.

[19] Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.

[20] Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.

[21] Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.

[22] Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.

[23] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 292.

[24] Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.

[25] Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 458.

[26] Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 458.

[27] Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.

[28] Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.

[29] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 292.

[30] Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.

[31] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392s.

[32] Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.

[33] Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.

[34] Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.

[35] The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393a.

[36] The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 392i.

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