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'''H.M.S. ''Leven''''' was one of forty destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Leven''''' was one of forty [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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In mid-1913, she was active with {{UK-DF|6}}, a patrol flotilla.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 339.</ref>
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In February, 1904 she collided with a lighter through what was determined to be an error in judgement on the part of Lieutenant-in-Command [[Michael Henley Wilding]].  A second collision, with the Torpoint Ferry Bridge in May 1905 was also deemed Wilding's fault, this time through what Lord Walter Kerr called a "gross error" in judgement.  This second one is curious, as Wilding should no longer have been in command at that date.<ref>Wilding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/208.|}} f. 237.</ref>
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She and ten other T.B.Ds. of the Devonport Reserve followed the {{UK-Skirmisher|f=tp}} from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.{{NMI|Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p.9}}
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In mid-1913, she was active with {{UK-DF|6}}, a patrol flotilla.{{NLJul13|p. 339}}
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On 26 January, 1918 ''Leven'' under the command of [[Arthur Percy Melsom]] depth-charged and sank {{DE-UB35}} off Calais.<ref>[http://www.uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=UB+35 Uboat.net].</ref>
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Near the end of 1918, she collided with the {{UK-Sabreur|f=t}}, eliciting a caution for {{LiCRNR}} [[Thomas Victor Roberts]].<ref>Roberts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/164.|}} f. 164.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Leven''">
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* Lieutenant & Commander [[Kenneth Adair Beattie|Kenneth A. Beattie]], 31 October, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 339.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Pennant Athelwold Iremonger Lloyd|nick=Pennant A. I. Lloyd|appt=8 March, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 275}}|end=14 January, 1902|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}}
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* Lieutenant in Command [[William James Frederick Dunlop|William J. F. Dunlop]], 20 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915), p. 347.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene|nick=William G. E. Ruck-Keene|appt=14 January, 1902<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>|end=11 March, 1902<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>}}
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* Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command [[Thomas Victor Roberts|Thomas V. Roberts]], 5 September, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918), p. 830</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Halliday Brown|nick=George H. Brown|appt=22 April, 1902|end=19 August, 1903}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Michael Henley Wilding|nick=Michael H. Wilding|appt=2 November, 1903|end=13 May, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hubert Searle Cardale|nick=Hubert S. Cardale|appt=13 May, 1904<ref>Cardale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|D7602845}} f. 65.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 312}}|end=29 May, 1904<ref>Cardale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/57.|D7602845}} f. 65.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Bowes Hutton|nick=George B. Hutton|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}<ref>Hutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 448.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Percy Pitts|nick=Percy Pitts|appt=27 August, 1904<ref>Pitts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 339}}|end=12 May, 1905<ref>Pitts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Albert Fremantle|nick=Charles A. Fremantle|appt=12 May, 1905<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 441.</ref>|end=October, 1906<ref>Month inferred from his next appointment.  Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 441.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Chalker Durrant Field|nick=Henry C. D. Field|appt=20 December, 1906{{NLJul09|p. 340}}|end=27 July, 1909{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George William McOran Campbell|nick=George W. McO. Campbell|appt=27 July, 1909<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>|end=19 October, 1909<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Henry Taprell Dorling|nick=Henry T. Dorling|appt=19 October, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 340}}<ref>Dorling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 452.</ref>|end=31 October, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Kenneth Adair Beattie|nick=Kenneth A. Beattie|appt=31 October, 1911<ref>Beattie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/125.|D7604029}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 339}}|end=20 January, 1914<ref>Beattie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/125.|D7604029}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William James Frederick Dunlop|nick=William J. F. Dunlop|appt=20 January, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 395''l''}}|end=9 August, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=9 August, 1915<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 395''k''}}|end=26 September, 1915<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Forrester|nick=Henry Forrester|appt=2 December, 1915|end=13 June, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Fred Ernest Ayers|nick=Fred E. Ayers|appt=13 June, 1916<ref>Ayers Service Record.  In our PDF for [[Colin Rose St. George Tucker]]'s {{TNA|ADM 196/96/166.|}} f. 207.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 395''uu''}}|end=30 October, 1916<ref>Ayers Service Record. In our PDF for [[Colin Rose St. George Tucker]]'s {{TNA|ADM 196/96/166.|}} f. 207.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Arthur Percy Melsom|nick=Arthur P. Melsom|appt=6 February, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 395''b''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Thomas Victor Roberts|nick=Thomas V. Roberts|appt=8 September, 1918<ref>Roberts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/164.|}} f. 164.</ref>|end=31 December, 1918<ref>Roberts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/164.|}} f. 164.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=George Radcliffe Parry|nick=George R. Parry|appt=20 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 830}}|end=20 March, 1919}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 20:28, 20 December 2021

H.M.S. Leven (1898)
Pendant Number: P.33 (1914)
D.62 (Sep 1915)
D.51 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: 1897-98 Programme[3]
Laid down: 24 Jan, 1898[4]
Launched: 28 Jun, 1898[5]
Commissioned: Jul, 1899[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

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

Service

In February, 1904 she collided with a lighter through what was determined to be an error in judgement on the part of Lieutenant-in-Command Michael Henley Wilding. A second collision, with the Torpoint Ferry Bridge in May 1905 was also deemed Wilding's fault, this time through what Lord Walter Kerr called a "gross error" in judgement. This second one is curious, as Wilding should no longer have been in command at that date.[8]

She and ten other T.B.Ds. of the Devonport Reserve followed the scout cruiser H.M.S. Skirmisher from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.[9]

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

On 26 January, 1918 Leven under the command of Arthur Percy Melsom depth-charged and sank UB 35 off Calais.[11]

Near the end of 1918, she collided with the trawler Sabreur, eliciting a caution for Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Thomas Victor Roberts.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  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. 57.
  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. ↑ Wilding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/208. f. 237.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p.9.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 339.
  11. ↑ Uboat.net.
  12. ↑ Roberts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/164. f. 164.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 275.
  14. ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  15. ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  16. ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 312.
  18. ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
  19. ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  20. ↑ Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 448.
  21. ↑ Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 339.
  23. ↑ Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  24. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
  25. ↑ Month inferred from his next appointment. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 340.
  27. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  28. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 340.
  30. ↑ Dorling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 452.
  31. ↑ Beattie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/125. f. ?.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 339.
  33. ↑ Beattie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/125. f. ?.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 395l.
  35. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395k.
  37. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  38. ↑ Ayers Service Record. In our PDF for Colin Rose St. George Tucker's The National Archives. ADM 196/96/166. f. 207.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395uu.
  40. ↑ Ayers Service Record. In our PDF for Colin Rose St. George Tucker's The National Archives. ADM 196/96/166. f. 207.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395b.
  42. ↑ Roberts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/164. f. 164.
  43. ↑ Roberts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/164. f. 164.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 830.

Bibliography


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