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Latest revision as of 19:18, 26 January 2022
| H.M.S. Achates (1912) | |
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| Pendant Number: | H.46 (1914) H.01 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company[2] |
| Launched: | 14 Nov, 1912[3] |
| Completed: | Mar, 1913[4] |
| Sold: | May, 1921[5] |
H.M.S. Achates was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.
Service
At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under Commander Hutchinson.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Frederick P. Loder-Symonds, 20 March, 1913[7] – 6 April, 1914[8]
- Commander Walter L. Allen, 6 April, 1914[9][10] – 7 August, 1915[11]
- Lieutenant in Command William J. F. Dunlop, 9 August, 1915 – 12 August, 1915 (cancelled)
- Commander Reginald B. C. Hutchinson, 13 August, 1915[12][13] – June, 1916[14][15] (in command at Battle of Jutland)
- Commander Frederick E. K. Strong, June, 1916[16] – 31 August, 1917[17]
- Commander Ernest G. H. Du Boulay, 31 August, 1917[18] – March, 1918 (sick at end)
- Lieutenant-Commander Martin J. C. de Meric, 17 May, 1918[19] – 31 December, 1918[20]
- Lieutenant R.N.V.R. Bernard H. Quinn, 12 July, 1918[21] – July, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 271.
- ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 266.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391a.
- ↑ Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396m.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 391a.
- ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391a.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 722.
Bibliography
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