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==Service==
==Service==
Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 804}}
''Lysander'' fought at the [[Battle of Dogger Bank]] under Cdr. [[George William Taylor]].
 
She was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 804}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Henry Francis Howard Wakefield|Henry F. H. Wakefield]], 3 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 342.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Francis Howard Wakefield|nick=Henry F. H. Wakefield|appt=3 December, 1913{{NLSep14|p. 352}}|end=1 August, 1914|precBy=New Command}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[George William Taylor|George W. Taylor]], 21 September, 1914, temporary.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915)p. 352.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George William Taylor|nick=George W. Taylor|appt=21 September, 1914{{NLDec16|p. 395''y''}}<ref>Taylor Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 438.</ref>|end=3 February, 1917|note=temporary, at least at first; [[Battle of Dogger Bank]]}}
* {{CommRN}} [[Francis Walter Despard Twigg|Francis W. D. Twigg]], 15 March, 1917.{{NLFeb19|p. 837}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Walter Despard Twigg|nick=Francis W. D. Twigg|appt=15 March, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 837}}|end=1 March, 1919}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:37, 12 February 2022

H.M.S. Lysander (1913)
Pendant Number: H.93 (1914)
H.68 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Launched: 18 Aug, 1913[3]
Completed: Dec, 1913[4]
Sold: Jun, 1922[5]

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

Service

Lysander fought at the Battle of Dogger Bank under Cdr. George William Taylor.

She was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 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. 804.
  7. The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 352.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395y.
  9. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 837.

Bibliography


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Admiralty Design
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Lawford Louis Lydiard Laertes Lysander
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