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{{LCommRN}} [[William B. Mackenzie]] commanded her while she covered the landings at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli.{{HardLying|p. 112}}
{{LCommRN}} [[William B. Mackenzie]] commanded her while she covered the landings at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli.{{HardLying|p. 112}}


At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, ''Bulldog'' worked with five other ''Beagles'' and {{UK-Arno}} to tow troop barges in.{{HardLying|p. 113}}
At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, ''Bulldog'' worked with five other ''Beagles'' and {{UK-Arno}} to tow troop barges in.  A similar effort with a smaller force placed its troops in the wrong position.{{HardLying|p. 113}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 15:50, 1 January 2014

H.M.S. Bulldog (1909)
Pendant Number: H.C7 (Jan 1918)
H.C4 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Ordered: 1908-09 Programme[3]
Launched: 13 Nov, 1909[4]
Sold: 21 Sep, 1920[5]

H.M.S. Bulldog was one of sixteen destroyers of the Beagle class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was part of the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

Lieutenant-Commander William B. Mackenzie commanded her while she covered the landings at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli.[7]

At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, Bulldog worked with five other Beagles and Arno to tow troop barges in. A similar effort with a smaller force placed its troops in the wrong position.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  3. March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  6. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 289.
  7. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 112.
  8. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
  9. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 287.
  10. The Navy List (February, 1919). p. 746.

Bibliography


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