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'''H.M.S. ''Sturgeon''''' was one of 42 destroyers of the [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class]] &mdash; a "27 knotter".
'''H.M.S. ''Sturgeon''''' was one of thirty-six [[27 Knotter]]s, a broad meta-class of early [[Torpedo Boat Destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1890s.


She was broken up before the war.
Like most of the 27 knotters, she was broken up before the war.


==Service==
==Service==
[[File:Sturgeon_Crew_1896.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Members of ''Sturgeon''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> crew, 1896.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated''.</small>]]
[[File:Sturgeon_Crew_1896.jpg|480px|thumb|right|Members of ''Sturgeon''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> crew, 1896.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated''.</small>]]


Lieutenant [[James Rose Price Hawksley]] was found at fault for grounding ''Sturgeon'' on 29 October, 1898.<ref>Hawksley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 289.</ref>
Lieutenant [[James Rose Price Hawksley]] was found at fault for grounding ''Sturgeon'' on 29 October, 1898.<ref>Hawksley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 289.</ref>
''Sturgeon'' was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander [[Reginald Graham Gregory|R. G. Gregory]] in {{UK-1Spitfire|f=p}}.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.</ref>
She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.</ref>
==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Percy Stuart St. John|nick=Percy S. St. John|appt=c. 1896<ref>Caption of photo in [[:File:Sturgeon Crew 1896.jpg|The Navy & Army Illustrated]].</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Percy Stuart St. John|nick=Percy S. St. John|appt=14 January, 1896{{NLMar96|p. 266}}|end=8 July, 1896|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, Tenth Baron Suffield|nick=Richard M. Harbord|appt=18 August, 1896{{NMI|Monday, Aug 03, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34959}}|end=11 January, 1897<ref>Hardbord-Hamond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Percy Macalpine Riadore|nick=Percy M. Riadore|appt=11 January, 1897<ref>Riadore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/144.|}} f. 144.</ref>|end=17 April, 1898<ref>Riadore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/144.|}} f. 144.</ref>|note=participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Luce|nick=John Luce|appt=24 August, 1899<ref>Luce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 79.</ref>|end=25 January, 1900<ref>Luce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 79.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Luce|nick=John Luce|appt=24 August, 1899<ref>Luce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 79.</ref>|end=25 January, 1900<ref>Luce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 79.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Murray MacGregor Lockhart|nick=Murray MacG. Lockhart|appt=25 January, 1900{{NLFeb00|p. 301}}|end=9 March, 1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Cyril Royds Brocklebank|nick=Henry C. R. Brocklebank|appt=31 May, 1900<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>|end=c. July, 1900<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Philip James Stopford|nick=Philip J. Stopford|appt=13 October, 1900<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/205.|D7602542}} 221.</ref>|end=16 November, 1900<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/205.|D7602542}} 221.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Arthur Lambert Hay|nick=John A. L. Hay|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}|end=1901|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hugh Percival Buckle|nick=Hugh P. Buckle|appt=10 October, 1901<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref>|end=5 December, 1901<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Arthur Norton|nick=Reginald A. Norton|appt=29 November, 1901{{NLMay02|p. 304}}|ass=5 December, 1901<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref>|end=16 April, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Maxwell Dalrymple Elphinstone Warren|nick=John M. D. E. Warren|appt=8 May, 1902<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/422.|D7602740}} f. 469.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Thursday, 15 May 1902. (36768), p. 7.</ref>|end=2 August, 1902<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/422.|D7602740}} f. 469.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Louis Crichton|nick=Reginald L. Crichton|appt=2 April, 1903<ref>Crichton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/46.|D7602834}} f. 54.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 304''a''}}|end=1903<ref>Crichton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/46.|D7602834}} f. 54.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Bernhard Alexander Pratt-Barlow|nick=Bernhard A. Pratt-Barlow|appt=16 October, 1903|end=early 1904}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Claude Alwin Rombulow-Pearse|nick=Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse|appt=c. late March, 1904{{NMI|Friday, Mar 18, 1904; pg. 9; Issue 37345}}|end=26 August, 1904}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Neville Gouldsmith|nick=Arthur N. Gouldsmith|appt=3 January, 1905{{NMI|Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4}}|end=23 September, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Baker Favell|nick=Francis B. Favell|appt=23 September, 1905{{NMI|Tuesday, Sep 26, 1905; pg. 5; Issue 37822}}|end=3 October, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Arthur Fellows|nick=John A. Fellows|appt=3 October, 1905{{NLOct08|p. 378}}|end=29 March, 1909}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 19:28, 6 September 2019

H.M.S. Sturgeon (1894)
Builder: Vickers[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 1 Mar, 1894[3]
Launched: 21 Jul, 1894[4]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1896[5]
Broken up: 1912[6]

H.M.S. Sturgeon was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, a broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.

Like most of the 27 knotters, she was broken up before the war.

Service

Members of Sturgeon's crew, 1896.
Photograph: Navy & Army Illustrated.

Lieutenant James Rose Price Hawksley was found at fault for grounding Sturgeon on 29 October, 1898.[7]

Sturgeon was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander R. G. Gregory in H.M.S. Spitfire.[8]

She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93. Then known as the "Naval Construction and Armament Company".
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 266.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  8. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.
  9. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 266.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 03, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34959.
  12. ↑ Hardbord-Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. ?.
  13. ↑ Riadore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/144. f. 144.
  14. ↑ Riadore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/144. f. 144.
  15. ↑ Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
  16. ↑ Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 301.
  18. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  19. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  20. ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/205. 221.
  21. ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/205. 221.
  22. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  23. ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
  24. ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 304.
  26. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/422. f. 469.
  27. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 15 May 1902. (36768), p. 7.
  28. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/422. f. 469.
  29. ↑ Crichton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/46. f. 54.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 304a.
  31. ↑ Crichton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/46. f. 54.
  32. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 18, 1904; pg. 9; Issue 37345.
  33. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
  34. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 26, 1905; pg. 5; Issue 37822.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 378.

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