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| H.M.S. Forward (1904) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N.53 (1914) N.48 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
| Laid down: | 22 Oct, 1903[3] |
| Launched: | 27 Aug, 1904[4] |
| Commissioned: | 22 Aug, 1905[5] |
| Sold: | 27 Jul, 1921[6] |
| Fate: | to Fryer, Sunderland[7] |
H.M.S. Forward was one of eight Sentinel class Scout Cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in 1905.
Service
The ship's stokers found "several" detonators concealed in bunker coal while on exercises in the West Bay in the morning of 2 September 1909. Commander Bruce ordered her immediate return to Portland Roads where the entire coal load was discharged to lighters. Forward had last coaled at Portsmouth from the collier Fernhill. The same collier had recently supplied coal to Duke of Edinburgh which had been found to also contain these devices.[8]
Forward re-commissioned at Chatham on 10 July, 1913.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Edward G. W. Davy, 12 August, 1905[10] – 13 August, 1907
- Commander Charles P. R. Coode, 13 August, 1907[11][12] – 20 January, 1909[13]
- Commander Alan C. Bruce, 26 January, 1909[14][15] – 26 January, 1911[16]
- Commander Charles J. Wintour, 26 January, 1911[17][18] – 1 April, 1913[19]
- Commander Charles J. Wintour, 10 July, 1913[20] – 20 August, 1913[21]
- Captain Cecil H. Fox, August, 1913[22][23] (already Captain (D) of Third Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Frederick P. Loder-Symonds, April, 1914[24][25] – 8 February, 1915[26]
- Commander Cecil G. Chichester, 8 February, 1915[27] – 19 April, 1915
- Commander Cecil G. Chichester, 20 May, 1915 – May, 1918
- Commander (I, Fr.) Arthur E. F. Bedford, 11 May, 1918[28] – 19 April, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Sep 03, 1909; pg. 16; Issue 39055.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 320.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 318.
- ↑ Coode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/98. f. 105.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
- ↑ Coode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/98. f. 105.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 319.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
- ↑ Wintour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/224. f. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 317.
- ↑ Wintour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/224. f. 245.
- ↑ Wintour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/224. f. 245.
- ↑ Wintour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/224. f. 245.
- ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 317.
- ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 320.
- ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 393w.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.
Bibliography
| Sentinel Class Scout Cruiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vickers/Sentinel Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sentinel | Skirmisher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cammell Laird/Pathfinder Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pathfinder | Patrol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield/Forward Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foresight | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Armstrong/Adventure Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adventure | Attentive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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