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==Service==
 
==Service==
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On 14 January 1907, she and seven other "River" and "30 knotter" T.B.D.s. of the {{UK-DF|2}} arrived in Portsmouth from Sheerness.<ref>"Naval Appointments."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Jan 09, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40416.</ref>
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In February 1908 ''Swale'' was one of seven "Rivers" of the Nore Destroyer Flotilla taken into Sheerness Dockyard for refitting, during which time three 12-pdr guns were mounted in lieu of five 6-pdrs, which were deemed too light to be useful.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Feb 03, 1908; pg. 12; Issue 38559.</ref>
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In April, 1908, she was one of ten Rivers expected to arrive at Portsmouth in order to have {{UK-Vernon|f=p}} install wireless telegraphy equipment in them.{{NMI|Saturday, Apr 11, 1908; pg. 8; Issue 38618}}
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''Swale'' was detached from the Eastern Destroyer Group at Harwich as part of one of two divisions of "River" class destroyers sent on 2 June 1908 to escort the King and Queen on a visit to Russia.  The muscle in this escort was to be the cruisers {{UK-Natal}}, {{UK-Cochrane}}, {{UK-Minotaur}} and {{UK-1Achilles}}.{{NMI|Monday, Jun 01, 1908; pg. 7; Issue 38661}}
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''Swale'' collided with the steam trawler ''Japonica'' some time around December, 1912 after Lt. in Command [[Ralph Michael Mack]] committed an error in judgement.<ref>Mack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/81.|D7604180}} f. 43.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Richard Tickell|nick=Hugh R. Tickell|appt=22 September, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 381}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Richard Tickell|nick=Hugh R. Tickell|appt=22 September, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 381}}|end=12 February, 1906<ref>Tickell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/151.|}}  f. 155.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard Forster White|nick=Richard F. White|appt=12 February, 1906<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/373.|D7603157}} f. 422.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 380}}|end=1 September, 1909<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/373.|D7603157}} f. 422.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard Forster White|nick=Richard F. White|appt=12 February, 1906<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/373.|D7603157}} f. 422.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 380}}|end=1 September, 1909<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/373.|D7603157}} f. 422.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Knightley Chetwode|nick=George K. Chetwode|appt=1 September, 1909<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 390.</ref>|end=2 September, 1910<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 390.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Knightley Chetwode|nick=George K. Chetwode|appt=1 September, 1909<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 390.</ref>|end=2 September, 1910<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 390.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Owen Tudor|nick=Edward O. Tudor|appt=2 September, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 380}}|end=25 March, 1911}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Cyril Callaghan|nick=Cyril Callaghan|appt=25 March, 1911<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>|end=20 May, 1912<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Cyril Callaghan|nick=Cyril Callaghan|appt=25 March, 1911<ref>"Naval Appointments."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.</ref><ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>|end=20 May, 1912<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ralph Michael Mack|nick=Ralph M. Mack|appt=20 May, 1912<ref>Mack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/81.|D7604180}} f. 43.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 380}}|end=7 February, 1913<ref>Mack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/81.|D7604180}} f. 43.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ralph Michael Mack|nick=Ralph M. Mack|appt=20 May, 1912<ref>Mack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/81.|D7604180}} f. 43.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 380}}|end=7 February, 1913<ref>Mack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/81.|D7604180}} f. 43.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Harry MacLeod Fraser|nick=Harry MacL. Fraser|appt=7 February, 1913{{NLMar13|p. 380}}|end=1 May, 1913{{INF}}|note=and for charge of Reduced T.B.Ds.}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Harry MacLeod Fraser|nick=Harry MacL. Fraser|appt=7 February, 1913{{NLMar13|p. 380}}|end=1 May, 1913{{INF}}|note=and for charge of Reduced T.B.Ds.}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (Emergency List)|name=Conyngham Charles Denison|nick=Conyngham C. Denison|appt=2 June, 1916<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/26.|D7604439}} f. 184.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 398''m''}}|end=26 February, 1917<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/26.|D7604439}} f. 184.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (Emergency List)|name=Conyngham Charles Denison|nick=Conyngham C. Denison|appt=2 June, 1916<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/26.|D7604439}} f. 184.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 398''m''}}|end=26 February, 1917<ref>Denison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/26.|D7604439}} f. 184.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Kenneth Hector Grant|nick=Kenneth H. Grant|appt=30 April, 1917{{NLAug17|p. 398''c''}}|end=September, 1917}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:30, 19 November 2021

H.M.S. Swale (1905)
Pendant Number: N.03 (1914)
D.31 (Sep 1915)
D.83 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1903-04 Programme[3]
Laid down: 23 Feb, 1904[4]
Launched: 20 Apr, 1905[5]
Completed: Sep, 1905[6]
Commissioned: Sep, 1905[7]
Broken up: 1919[8]

H.M.S. Swale was one of the Royal Navy's thirty-six "River" class destroyers.

Service

On 14 January 1907, she and seven other "River" and "30 knotter" T.B.D.s. of the Second Destroyer Flotilla arrived in Portsmouth from Sheerness.[9]

In February 1908 Swale was one of seven "Rivers" of the Nore Destroyer Flotilla taken into Sheerness Dockyard for refitting, during which time three 12-pdr guns were mounted in lieu of five 6-pdrs, which were deemed too light to be useful.[10]

In April, 1908, she was one of ten Rivers expected to arrive at Portsmouth in order to have H.M.S. Vernon install wireless telegraphy equipment in them.[11]

Swale was detached from the Eastern Destroyer Group at Harwich as part of one of two divisions of "River" class destroyers sent on 2 June 1908 to escort the King and Queen on a visit to Russia. The muscle in this escort was to be the cruisers Natal, Cochrane, Minotaur and Achilles.[12]

Swale collided with the steam trawler Japonica some time around December, 1912 after Lt. in Command Ralph Michael Mack committed an error in judgement.[13]

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. 100.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  6. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  8. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  9. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 09, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40416.
  10. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 03, 1908; pg. 12; Issue 38559.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 11, 1908; pg. 8; Issue 38618.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 01, 1908; pg. 7; Issue 38661.
  13. ↑ Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/81. f. 43.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 381.
  15. ↑ Tickell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/151. f. 155.
  16. ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 380.
  18. ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
  19. ↑ Chetwode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  20. ↑ Chetwode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 380.
  22. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.
  23. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
  24. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
  25. ↑ Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/81. f. 43.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 380.
  27. ↑ Mack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/81. f. 43.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 380.
  29. ↑ Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. f. ?.
  30. ↑ Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. f. ?.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398l.
  32. ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  33. ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  34. ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398m.
  36. ↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 398c.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398c.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 912.

Bibliography


River Class Destroyer
Erne Ettrick Exe Ribble Teviot
Usk Derwent Eden Foyle Itchen
Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
Ure Wear Liffey Moy Ouse
  Boyne Doon Kale  
  Rother Stour Test  
<– "D" Class Destroyers (UK) Tribal Class –>


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