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'''H.M.S. ''Racehorse''''' was one of 40 destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|C class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Racehorse''''' was one of forty [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
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==Trials==
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''Racehorse'' completed her steam trials on 17 December, 1901. On her full-speed trial she obtained 30.354 knots on the measured mile, and averaged 30.345 knots over three hours.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 19 December, 1901.  Issue '''36642''', col A, p. 7.</ref>
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==Service==
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In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Second Division of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]'s Destroyer Flotilla.{{NLNov05|pp. 267, 269}}
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In mid-1913, ''Racehorse'' was active with {{UK-DF|6}} &mdash; a patrol flotilla.{{NLJul13|p. 364}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Frederick Ernest Green|nick=John F. E. Green|appt=8 May, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 296''a''}}<ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Wednesday, 7 May 1902. (36761), p. 10.</ref>|end=16 July, 1902<ref>Green Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/335.|D7602278}} f. 260.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Corbett|nick=Charles F. Corbett|appt=19 June, 1903<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref>|end=1904<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Kiddle|nick=John Kiddle|appt=c. mid 1904<ref>Kiddle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/207.|D7602993}} f. 236.</ref>|end=27 August, 1904<ref>Kiddle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/207.|D7602993}} f. 236.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Hugh Oldham|nick=Arthur H. Oldham|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Oldham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>|end=1 April, 1905<ref>Oldham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Rupert Stanley Gwatkin-Williams|nick=Rupert S. Gwatkin-Williams|appt=1 April, 1905<ref>Gwatkin-Williams Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7602869}} f. 93.</ref>|end=1 January, 1906<ref>Gwatkin-Williams Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7602869}} f. 93.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frank Forester Rose|nick=Frank F. Rose|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>Rose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/14.|D7603266}} f. 14.</ref>|end=16 October, 1906<ref>Rose Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/14.|D7603266}} f. 14.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hugh Dennis Marryat|nick=Hugh D. Marryat|appt=16 October, 1906{{NLJul09|p. 364}}|end=November, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Bibby Hartford|nick=George B. Hartford|appt=November, 1909{{NMI|Tuesday, Oct 26, 1909; pg. 8; Issue 39100}}<ref>Hartford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/80.|D7603984}} f. 83.</ref>|end=24 January, 1910<ref>Hartford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/80.|D7603984}} f. 83.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=24 January, 1910<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLApr10|p. 364}}|end=3 April, 1910<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederic Boyd Coppin|nick=Frederic B. Coppin|appt=14 June, 1910<ref>Coppin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/156.|D8122127}} f. 164.</ref>|end=14 August, 1910<ref>Coppin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/156.|D8122127}} f. 164.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Cyril Callaghan|nick=Cyril Callaghan|appt=15 August, 1910<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 364}}|end=25 March, 1911<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edmund Alain Tremeur de Poher de la Poer|nick=Edmund A. T. de P. de la Poer|appt=25 March, 1911<ref>"Naval Appointments."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.</ref><ref>de la Poer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/27.|D7604126}} f. 14.</ref>|end=November, 1911<ref>de la Poer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/27.|D7604126}} f. 14.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Pender Usticke Pender|nick=Edward P. U. Pender|appt=20 February, 1912{{NLDec14|p. 376}}<ref>Pender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122764}} f. 834.</ref>|end=13 December, 1914<ref>Pender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122764}} f. 834.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Walter Odwin Hutton Lambert|nick=Walter O. H. Lambert|appt=27 February, 1915<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144.}} f. 56.</ref>|end=c. 24 March, 1915<ref>Some inference here.  It is recorded as February in Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144.}} f. 56.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Guy Langton Warren|nick=Guy L. Warren|appt=24 March, 1915<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 397''g''}}|end=19 September, 1916<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Blyth Falls|nick=John B. Falls|appt=19 September, 1916<ref>Falls Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/115.|}} f. 115.</ref>|end=30 September, 1916<ref>Falls Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/115.|}} f. 115.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Harry Welch|nick=Harry Welch|appt=4 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 397''g''}}|end=30 April, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Ernest William Richard Avery|nick=Ernest W. R. Avery|appt=8 November, 1918<ref>Avery Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/188.|}} f. 188.</ref>{{NLDec18|p. 889}}|end=31 December, 1918<ref>Avery Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/188.|}} f. 188.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 21:03, 14 January 2022

H.M.S. Racehorse (1900)
Pendant Number: P.15 (1914)
D.66 (Sep 1915)
D.71 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 23 Oct, 1899[4]
Launched: 8 Nov, 1900[5]
Commissioned: Mar, 1902[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

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

Trials

Racehorse completed her steam trials on 17 December, 1901. On her full-speed trial she obtained 30.354 knots on the measured mile, and averaged 30.345 knots over three hours.[8]

Service

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Second Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

In mid-1913, Racehorse was active with Sixth Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 19 December, 1901. Issue 36642, col A, p. 7.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 364.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 296a.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 7 May 1902. (36761), p. 10.
  13. ↑ Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/335. f. 260.
  14. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
  15. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
  16. ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  17. ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  18. ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  19. ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  20. ↑ Gwatkin-Williams Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. f. 93.
  21. ↑ Gwatkin-Williams Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. f. 93.
  22. ↑ Rose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/14. f. 14.
  23. ↑ Rose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/14. f. 14.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 364.
  25. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 26, 1909; pg. 8; Issue 39100.
  26. ↑ Hartford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/80. f. 83.
  27. ↑ Hartford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/80. f. 83.
  28. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 364.
  30. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  31. ↑ Coppin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/156. f. 164.
  32. ↑ Coppin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/156. f. 164.
  33. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 364.
  35. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
  36. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.
  37. ↑ de la Poer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/27. f. 14.
  38. ↑ de la Poer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/27. f. 14.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 376.
  40. ↑ Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
  41. ↑ Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
  42. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144. f. 56.
  43. ↑ Some inference here. It is recorded as February in Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144. f. 56.
  44. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 397g.
  46. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  47. ↑ Falls Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/115. f. 115.
  48. ↑ Falls Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/115. f. 115.
  49. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397g.
  50. ↑ Avery Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/188. f. 188.
  51. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 889.
  52. ↑ Avery Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/188. f. 188.

Bibliography


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