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==Service==
==Service==
Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 5 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 801}}
''Leonidas'' joined the {{UK-DF|3}} upon completion, one of those supporting the First Fleet.  She took part in the [[Battle off Noordhinder Bank]] on 1 May, 1915, assisting in the sinking of two German coastal destroyers. 
 
''Leonidas'' stayed with 3 D.F. through its renaming as the {{UK-DF|9}} in September 1915, by which time its seventeen [[Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)|''Laforey'' class destroyers]] were part of the [[Harwich Force]].
 
In March, 1917, ''Leonidas'' was one of five destroyers sent from 9 D.F. to join the {{UK-DF|4}}, which was helping defend Devonport.  She stayed until the flotilla was disestablished in December, 1918, when she was sent to Devonport to await her fate as part of the post-war Navy.
 
The ship was reduced to the care of a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 5 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 801}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Watkins Grubb|nick=Reginald W. Grubb|appt=1 August, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 395''k''}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Watkins Grubb|nick=Reginald W. Grubb|appt=1 August, 1914<ref>Grubb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/143.|D7603850}} f. 348.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 395''k''}}|end=14 December, 1915<ref>Grubb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/143.|D7603850}} f. 348.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Edward Blackwood Magee|nick=William E. B. Magee|appt=8 December, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 395''k''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Edward Blackwood Magee|nick=William E. B. Magee|appt=8 December, 1915<ref>Magee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 395''k''}}|ass=14 December, 1915<ref>Grubb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/143.|D7603850}} f. 348.</ref>|end=7 May, 1917<ref>Magee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Humphrey Edward Archer|nick=Humphrey E. Archer|appt=4 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 395''b''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Humphrey Edward Archer|nick=Humphrey E. Archer|appt=4 May, 1917<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/216.|D7605301}} f. 586.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 395''b''}}|ass=7 May, 1917<ref>Magee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>|end=11 March, 1918<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/216.|D7605301}} f. 586.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Orrell Bake|nick=Orrell Bake|appt=19 March, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 830}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Aubrey Edward Duncombe Moore|nick=Aubrey E. D. Moore|appt=11 March, 1918<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/104.|D7603356}} f. 104.</ref>|end=30 March, 1918<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/104.|D7603356}} f. 104.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Orrell Bake|nick=Orrell Bake|appt=19 March, 1918<ref>Bake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/237.|D7576685}}  f. 288.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 830}}|end=1 February, 1919<ref>Bake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/237.|D7576685}} f. 288.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 12:28, 16 April 2018

H.M.S. Leonidas (1913)
Pendant Number: H.20 (1914)
H.56 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Launched: 30 Oct, 1913[3]
Completed: Aug, 1914[4]
Sold: May, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Leonidas was one of twenty-two destroyers of the Laforey class.

Service

Leonidas joined the Third Destroyer Flotilla upon completion, one of those supporting the First Fleet. She took part in the Battle off Noordhinder Bank on 1 May, 1915, assisting in the sinking of two German coastal destroyers.

Leonidas stayed with 3 D.F. through its renaming as the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla in September 1915, by which time its seventeen Laforey class destroyers were part of the Harwich Force.

In March, 1917, Leonidas was one of five destroyers sent from 9 D.F. to join the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, which was helping defend Devonport. She stayed until the flotilla was disestablished in December, 1918, when she was sent to Devonport to await her fate as part of the post-war Navy.

The ship was reduced to the care of a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 5 October, 1919.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 801.
  7. ↑ Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/143. f. 348.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395k.
  9. ↑ Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/143. f. 348.
  10. ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395k.
  12. ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
  13. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395b.
  15. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.
  16. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  17. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  18. ↑ Bake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/237. f. 288.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 830.
  20. ↑ Bake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/237. f. 288.

Bibliography


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