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''Legion'' was one of 22 destroyers of the [[Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)|Laforey]] class.
'''H.M.S. ''Legion''''' was one of twenty-two destroyers of the [[Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)|''Laforey'' class]].
 
==Service==
On 17 October, 1914, she was one of four destroyers of the {{UK-DF|3}} Captain [[Cecil Henry Fox|Cecil H. Fox]] in the {{UK-Undaunted}} led in the [[Battle off Texel]], where the British succeeded in destroying an inferior force of four torpedo boats.
 
In 1917, she and sisters {{UK-Lawford}} and {{UK-Loyal}} were converted to minelayers and operated along with the {{UK-DF|7}}.
 
Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 29 November, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 801}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Claud Finlinson Allsup|nick=Claud F. Allsup|appt=10 July, 1914<ref>Allsup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/169.|D7603676}} f. 170.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 395''l''}}|end=24 July, 1915<ref>Allsup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/169.|D7603676}} f. 170.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Wise Richardson|nick=Robert W. Richardson|appt=26 July, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 395''j''}}|end=3 November, 1915|note=sick}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Gilbert Carter|nick=Thomas G. Carter|appt=3 November, 1915|end=19 April, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Terence Ackley Fitzmaurice Longford|nick=Terence A. F. Longford|appt=19 April, 1916<ref>Longford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/15.|D7576693}} f. 15.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 395''uu''}}|end=28 November, 1916<ref>Longford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/15.|D7576693}} f. 15.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} ('''I''')|name=Joseph Bernard Newill|nick=Joseph Bernard Newill|appt=5 April, 1917<ref>Newill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/129.|D7604884}} f. 140.</ref>{{NLAug17|p. 395''a''}}|end=26 September, 1917<ref>Newill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/129.|D7604884}} f. 140.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Alexander Clutterbuck|nick=Francis A. Clutterbuck|appt=26 September, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 395''a''}}<ref>Clutterbuck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 445.</ref>|end=15 July, 1918<ref>Clutterbuck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 445.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Bryan Fullerton Adams|nick=Bryan F. Adams|appt=8 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 830}}|ass=15 July, 1918<ref>Date his predecessor was discharged.  Clutterbuck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 445.</ref>|end=2 May, 1919}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:47, 7 April 2018

H.M.S. Legion (1914)
Pendant Number: H.79 (1914)
H.54 (Jan 1918)
F.94 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Launched: 3 Feb, 1914[3]
Completed: Jul, 1914[4]
Sold: May, 1921[5]

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

Service

On 17 October, 1914, she was one of four destroyers of the Third Destroyer Flotilla Captain Cecil H. Fox in the Undaunted led in the Battle off Texel, where the British succeeded in destroying an inferior force of four torpedo boats.

In 1917, she and sisters Lawford and Loyal were converted to minelayers and operated along with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.

Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 29 November, 1919.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  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. 801.
  7. ↑ Allsup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/169. f. 170.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 395l.
  9. ↑ Allsup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/169. f. 170.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395j.
  11. ↑ Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395uu.
  13. ↑ Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.
  14. ↑ Newill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/129. f. 140.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395a.
  16. ↑ Newill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/129. f. 140.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395a.
  18. ↑ Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 445.
  19. ↑ Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 445.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 830.

Bibliography


Laforey Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Llewellyn Lennox Loyal Legion Laforey
Lawford Louis Lydiard Laertes Lysander
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  Laurel Liberty  
Yarrow 2-Funnelled Type
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