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− | '''H.M.S. ''Sparrowhawk''''' was one of | + | '''H.M.S. ''Sparrowhawk''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]]. |
There was also [[H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1895)|an earlier]] and [[H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1918)|a later ''Sparrowhawk'']]. | There was also [[H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1895)|an earlier]] and [[H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1918)|a later ''Sparrowhawk'']]. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
− | In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|4}}. | + | In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|4}}.{{NLJul13|p. 377}} |
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} and was lost in night action under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Sydney Hopkins]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}} | At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} and was lost in night action under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Sydney Hopkins]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}} |
Revision as of 16:55, 30 September 2014
H.M.S. Sparrowhawk (1912) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.61 (1914)[1] |
Builder: | Swan Hunter[2] |
Launched: | 12 Oct, 1912[3] |
Completed: | May, 1913[4] |
Sunk: | 1 Jun, 1916[5] |
Fate: | in Battle of Jutland |
H.M.S. Sparrowhawk was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.
There was also an earlier and a later Sparrowhawk.
Service
In mid-1913, she was with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla and was lost in night action under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Sydney Hopkins.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Sydney Hopkins, 14 April, 1913[8] – 1 June, 1916 (in command at the Battle of Jutland)
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. 307.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 377.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 381a.
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