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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LiCRNR}}|name=Archibald Home Douglas|nick=Archibald H. Douglas|appt=17 March, 1916<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/41/30.|C14614918}} f. 15.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 392''f''}}|end=7 October, 1916<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/41/30.|C14614918}} f. 15.</ref>|note=invalided due to motor accident}} | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LiCRNR}}|name=Archibald Home Douglas|nick=Archibald H. Douglas|appt=17 March, 1916<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/41/30.|C14614918}} f. 15.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 392''f''}}|end=7 October, 1916<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/41/30.|C14614918}} f. 15.</ref>|note=invalided due to motor accident}} | ||
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H.M.S. Ascot (1916) | |
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Admiralty Pendant Number: | 881[1] |
Pendant Number: | T.16 (Sep 1918)[2] |
Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding[3] |
Ordered: | Sep 1915[4] |
Launched: | 26 Jan, 1916[5] |
Torpedoed: | 10 Nov, 1918[6] |
Fate: | by [7] |
Service
Ascot was the last British warship to be sunk by direct enemy action in World War I.
Captains
- Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Archibald H. Douglas, 17 March, 1916[8][9] – 7 October, 1916[10] (invalided due to motor accident)
- Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Edward J. Courthope, 7 October, 1916[11]
- Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Donald MacDonald, – 10 November, 1918[12] (killed when vessel torpedoed under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111. See this note for more info.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/41/30. f. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392f.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/41/30. f. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391l.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 145.
Bibliography
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