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==Service==
==Service==
In mid-1913, ''Derwent'' was returning from Gibraltar to join the {{UK-DF|9}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 300.</ref>
 
She and ten other T.B.Ds. of the Devonport Reserve followed the {{UK-Skirmisher|f=tp}} from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.{{NMI|Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p.9}}
 
In mid-1913, ''Derwent'' was returning from Gibraltar to join the {{UK-DF|9}}.{{NLJul13|p. 300}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Derwent''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Derwent|f=p}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Berwick Curtis|nick=Berwick Curtis|appt=5 July, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 300c}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William Werden Wilson|nick=William W. Wilson|appt=14 July, 1904<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/286.|D7603071}} f. 321.</ref>|end=7 February, 1905<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/286.|D7603071}} f. 321.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Hamilton Heath Sinclair Thomson|nick=William H. S. S. Thomson|appt=August, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 393''i''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=17 January, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 300}}<ref>Prentis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=5 January, 1906<ref>Prentis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=10 July, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 393''n''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Plunkett England|nick=George P. England|appt=5 January, 1906<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>|end=28 July, 1908<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Henry Holden Holden|nick=George H. H. Holden|appt=28 July, 1908<ref>Holden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/295.|D7603080}} f. 331.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 300}}|end=29 November, 1910<ref>Holden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/295.|D7603080}} f. 331.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James Forest Dewar|nick=James F. Dewar|appt=29 November, 1910<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/88.|D7603595}} f. 88.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 300}}|end=1 August, 1911<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/88.|D7603595}} f. 88.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Paul Whitfield|nick=Paul Whitfield|appt=1 August, 1911|end=21 March, 1912}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alexander Gibson Fleming|nick=Alexander G. Fleming|appt=21 March, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 300}}|end=November, 1912}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Berwick Curtis|nick=Berwick Curtis|appt=5 July, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 300''c''}}|end=June, 1914<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>|note=and in command of {{UK-Desperate}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Hamilton Heath Sinclair Thomson|nick=William H. S. S. Thomson|appt=August, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 393''i''}}|end=3 December, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel George Dawson|nick=Lionel G. Dawson|appt=30 August, 1915<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|end=3 September, 1915<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Radcliffe James|nick=Henry R. James|appt=3 December, 1915|end=7 January, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=9 February, 1916<ref>Blackman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/336.|D7863939}} f. ?.</ref>|end=10 July, 1916<ref>Blackman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/336.|D7863939}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=10 July, 1916<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 393''n''}}|end=2 May, 1917<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 15:20, 4 November 2019

H.M.S. Derwent (1903)
Pendant Number: N.25 (1914)
D.15 (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 12 Jun, 1902[4]
Launched: 14 Feb, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Jul, 1904[6]
Mined: 2 May, 1917[7]
Fate: off Le Havre[8]

H.M.S. Derwent was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.

Service

She and ten other T.B.Ds. of the Devonport Reserve followed the scout cruiser H.M.S. Skirmisher from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.[9]

In mid-1913, Derwent was returning from Gibraltar to join the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p.9.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 300.
  11. ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/286. f. 321.
  12. ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/286. f. 321.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 300.
  14. ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  15. ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  16. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  17. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  18. ↑ Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 331.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 300.
  20. ↑ Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 331.
  21. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/88. f. 88.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 300.
  23. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/88. f. 88.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 300.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
  26. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393i.
  28. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  29. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  30. ↑ Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
  31. ↑ Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
  32. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393n.
  34. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.

Bibliography


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Usk Derwent Eden Foyle Itchen
Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
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Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
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