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'''H.M.S. ''Falcon''''' was one of forty destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
'''H.M.S. ''Falcon''''' was one of forty [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".


==Service==
==Service==
In mid-1913, ''Falcon'' was with the {{UK-DF|6}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 311.</ref>


On 28 October, 1914, while screening the battleship {{UK-Venerable}} during bombardment of the Belgian coast, a German 8-in shell struck the muzzle of a 6-pdr and killed her captain, Wauton, and injured fully a third of her crew.  Sub-Lieutenant [[C. J. Du Boulay]] took command and was able to lead her clear of further danger.{{HardLying|pp. 63-4}}
On 11 April, 1907, she collided with {{UK-Colne|f=p}} in the English Channel.  The two damaged vessels returned to Dover Pier.{{NMI|Friday, April 12, 1907, Issue 38305, p.10}}
 
In mid-1913, ''Falcon'' was with the {{UK-DF|6}}.{{NLJul13|p. 311}}
 
''Falcon'' collided with {{UK-1Foresight}} in January, 1914.<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>
 
On 28 October, 1914, while screening the battleship {{UK-Venerable}} during bombardment of the Belgian coast, a German 8-in shell struck the muzzle of a 6-pdr and killed her captain, Wauton, and injured fully a third of her crew.  Sub-Lieutenant [[Charles John Houssemayne Du Boulay|C. J. H. Du Boulay]] took command and was able to lead her clear of further danger.{{HardLying|pp. 63-4}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Hubert Osmond Wauton|nick=Hubert O. Wauton|appt=29 October, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 313}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Roger J. B. Keyes|appt=5 January, 1902<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=13 May, 1902<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Edward Miller Corrie Rutherfoord|nick=Edward M. C. Rutherfoord|appt=31 October, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 316}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Mairis Haynes|nick=Robert M. Haynes|appt=23 November, 1902{{NMI|Tuesday, Dec 02, 1902; pg. 6; Issue 36940}}|end=7 January, 1903<ref>Haynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/423.|D7602707}} f. 429.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Alastair Charles Nicol Farquhar|nick=Alastair C. N. Farquhar|appt=4 August, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''c''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene|nick=William G. E. Ruck-Keene|appt=8 January, 1903<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>|end=5 March, 1903<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} R.N.R. in Command|name=Charles Herbert Lightoller|nick=Charles H. Lightoller|appt=26 July, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 393''t''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=5 March, 1903<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 157.</ref>|end=}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hubert Searle Cardale|nick=Hubert S. Cardale|appt=20 May, 1904<ref>Cardale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|D7602845}} f. 65.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 312}}|end=10 March, 1905<ref>Cardale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|D7602845}} f. 65.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Dennis Marryat|nick=Hugh D. Marryat|appt=10 March, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 313}}|end=5 January, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Miller Corrie Rutherfoord|nick=Edward M. C. Rutherfoord|appt=28 May, 1906<ref>Rutherfoord Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/133.|D7603385}} f. 137.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 313-15}}|end=29 March, 1909<ref>Rutherfoord Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/133.|D7603385}} f. 137.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Henry Darwall|nick=William H. Darwall|appt=29 March, 1909<ref>Darwall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/97.|D7603604}}  f. 97.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 316}}|end=15 August, 1910<ref>Darwall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/97.|D7603604}}  f. 97.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Bowen Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=15 August, 1910<ref>Mackenzie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/248|}} f. 252.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 312}}|end=21 March, 1911<ref>Mackenzie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/248|}} f. 252.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Geoffrey Coleridge Sumner|nick=Charles G. C. Sumner|appt=24 March, 1911<ref>Sumner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/137.|D7604041}} f. 541.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 312}}|end=29 October, 1912<ref>Sumner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/137.|D7604041}} f. 541.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hubert Osmond Wauton|nick=Hubert O. Wauton|appt=29 October, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 313}}|end=28 October, 1914{{KindellROH2|p. 28}}|note=killed in command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{SubRN}}|name=Charles John Houssemayne Du Boulay|nick=Charles J. H. Du Boulay|ass=28 October, 1912{{HardLying|pp. 63-4}}|end=31 October, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 316}}|note=assumed command when [[Hubert Osmond Wauton|Wauton]] died}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lambert Nugent Brickdale Morgan|nick=Lambert N. B. Morgan|appt=29 October, 1914|end=31 October, 1914|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Miller Corrie Rutherfoord|nick=Edward M. C. Rutherfoord|appt=31 October, 1914<ref>Rutherfoord Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/133.|D7603385}} f. 137.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 394''b''}}|end=4 August, 1915<ref>Rutherfoord Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/133.|D7603385}} f. 137.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harold Courtenay Woolcombe-Boyce|nick=Harold C. Woolcombe-Boyce|appt=23 July, 1915<ref>Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>|end=9 August, 1915<ref>Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>|note=lent, temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alastair Charles Nicol Farquhar|nick=Alastair C. N. Farquhar|appt=4 August, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''c''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Charles Herbert Lightoller|nick=Charles H. Lightoller|appt=26 July, 1916<ref>Lightoller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/205.|}} f. 205.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 393''t''}}|end=1 April, 1918<ref>Lightoller Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/205.|}} f. 205.</ref>{{HepperLosses|p. 126}}|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 12:57, 2 April 2022

H.M.S. Falcon (1899)
Pendant Number: P.31 (1914)
D.54 (Sep 1915)
D.36 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 28 Jun, 1899[4]
Launched: 1899
Commissioned: Dec, 1901[5]
Collision: 1 Apr, 1918[6]
Fate: in North Sea[7]

H.M.S. Falcon was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

On 11 April, 1907, she collided with H.M.S. Colne in the English Channel. The two damaged vessels returned to Dover Pier.[8]

In mid-1913, Falcon was with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

Falcon collided with Foresight in January, 1914.[10]

On 28 October, 1914, while screening the battleship Venerable during bombardment of the Belgian coast, a German 8-in shell struck the muzzle of a 6-pdr and killed her captain, Wauton, and injured fully a third of her crew. Sub-Lieutenant C. J. H. Du Boulay took command and was able to lead her clear of further danger.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  7. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. Table 4.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, April 12, 1907, Issue 38305, p.10.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 311.
  10. ↑ Garnett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/90. f. 100.
  11. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 63-4.
  12. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
  13. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
  14. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 02, 1902; pg. 6; Issue 36940.
  15. ↑ Haynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/423. f. 429.
  16. ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  17. ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  18. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 157.
  19. ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 312.
  21. ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 313.
  23. ↑ Rutherfoord Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/133. f. 137.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 313-15.
  25. ↑ Rutherfoord Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/133. f. 137.
  26. ↑ Darwall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/97. f. 97.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 316.
  28. ↑ Darwall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/97. f. 97.
  29. ↑ Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/248 f. 252.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 312.
  31. ↑ Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/248 f. 252.
  32. ↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 312.
  34. ↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 313.
  36. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 28.
  37. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 63-4.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 316.
  39. ↑ Rutherfoord Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/133. f. 137.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 394b.
  41. ↑ Rutherfoord Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/133. f. 137.
  42. ↑ Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
  43. ↑ Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394c.
  45. ↑ Lightoller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/205. f. 205.
  46. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393t.
  47. ↑ Lightoller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/205. f. 205.
  48. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 126.

Bibliography


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