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'''H.M.S. ''Laforey''''' was one of 22 destroyers of the [[Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)|''Laforey'' class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Laforey''''' was one of twenty-two destroyers of the [[Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)|''Laforey'' class]].
 
==Service==
 
''Laforey'' joined the {{UK-DF|3}} upon completion, one of the destroyer formations supporting the First Fleet. 
 
In November 1914 while under the command of Commander [[Graham Richard Leicester Edwards]], ''Laforey'' collided with her sister {{UK-Lydiard}}.  Edwards was faulted for "careless navigation."<ref>Edwards Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/417.|D7576626}}  ff. 419, 229.</ref>
 
The destroyer took part in the [[Battle off Noordhinder Bank]] on 1 May, 1915, assisting in the sinking of two German coastal destroyers. 
 
''Laforey'' left the 3 D.F. when it was renamed as the {{UK-DF|9}} in September 1915, moving to join the {{UK-DF|5}} operating in the Mediterranean.  Around February, 1916, she moved to join the [[Harwich Force]]'s {{UK-DF|9}}, thus rejoining many of her sisters and former squadron-mates from the {{UK-DF|3}}.  ''Laforey'' played a belated role in the [[Battle of Jutland]] when she was one of eight Harwich destroyers which screened the torpedoed {{UK-Marlborough|f=t}} on June 1, joining her at 11 a.m..
 
''Laforey'' was lost to a mine on 25 March, 1917.


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Graham Richard Leicester Edwards|Graham R. L. Edwards]], 23 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 336.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Graham Richard Leicester Edwards|nick=Graham R. L. Edwards|appt=23 January, 1914<ref>Edwards Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/417.|D7576626}}  ff. 419, 229.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 395''i''}}|end=16 October, 1916<ref>Edwards Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/417.|D7576626}}  ff. 419, 229.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
* {{CommRN}} [[Robert Arthur Hornell]], in command at [[Battle of Dover Strait]], 26-27 October, 1916.{{UKNavalOpsIV|p. 63}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Arthur Hornell|nick=Robert A. Hornell|appt=|appt=16 October, 1916<ref>Hornell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 395''t''}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Dover Strait]]|end=13 January, 1917<ref>Hornell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Edwin Durham|nick=Arthur E. Durham|appt=13 January, 1917|end=23 March, 1917{{HepperLosses|p. 83}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 17:24, 1 May 2020

H.M.S. Laforey (1913)
Pendant Number: H.03 (1914)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Launched: 28 Mar, 1913[3]
Completed: Feb, 1914[4]
Mined: 25 Mar, 1917[5]
Fate: by R.N. mine[6]

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

Service

Laforey joined the Third Destroyer Flotilla upon completion, one of the destroyer formations supporting the First Fleet.

In November 1914 while under the command of Commander Graham Richard Leicester Edwards, Laforey collided with her sister Lydiard. Edwards was faulted for "careless navigation."[7]

The destroyer took part in the Battle off Noordhinder Bank on 1 May, 1915, assisting in the sinking of two German coastal destroyers.

Laforey left the 3 D.F. when it was renamed as the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla in September 1915, moving to join the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla operating in the Mediterranean. Around February, 1916, she moved to join the Harwich Force's Ninth Destroyer Flotilla, thus rejoining many of her sisters and former squadron-mates from the Third Destroyer Flotilla. Laforey played a belated role in the Battle of Jutland when she was one of eight Harwich destroyers which screened the torpedoed battleship Marlborough on June 1, joining her at 11 a.m..

Laforey was lost to a mine on 25 March, 1917.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  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. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  7. ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/417. ff. 419, 229.
  8. ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/417. ff. 419, 229.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395i.
  10. ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/417. ff. 419, 229.
  11. ↑ Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395t.
  13. ↑ Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
  14. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 83.

Bibliography


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