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''Lynx'' left Cromarty with two half-divisions of the {{UK-DF|4}} on 15 December, 1914 and she encountered a German destroyer. ''Lynx'' was hit by gunfire as she gave chase and her forward magazine was flooded. Her steering commenced to jam and the rest of her force made the error of following her, thus ending the pursuit.{{HardLying|p. 147}} | ''Lynx'' left Cromarty with two half-divisions of the {{UK-DF|4}} on 15 December, 1914 and she encountered a German destroyer. ''Lynx'' was hit by gunfire as she gave chase and her forward magazine was flooded. Her steering commenced to jam and the rest of her force made the error of following her, thus ending the pursuit.{{HardLying|p. 147}} | ||
| − | Sixty-three officers and men died when ''Lynx | + | Sixty-three officers and men died when ''Lynx'' struck a mine in the North Sea on 9 August, 1915.{{KindellROH2|p. 131}} |
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 14:44, 3 January 2017
| H.M.S. Lynx (1913) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | H.71 (1914)[1] |
| Builder: | London & Glasgow[2] |
| Launched: | 20 Mar, 1913[3] |
| Completed: | Jan, 1914[4] |
| Mined: | 9 Aug, 1915[5] |
| Fate: | in Moray Firth[6] |
H.M.S. Lynx was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.
Service
Lynx was known for having a steering system prone to jamming.
Under the command of Commander Reginald St. Pierre Parry, Lynx led a contingent of seven Acasta class destroyers of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla during the Scarborough Raid on 16 December 1914, acting as leader of the four-ship first division.[7]
Lynx left Cromarty with two half-divisions of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla on 15 December, 1914 and she encountered a German destroyer. Lynx was hit by gunfire as she gave chase and her forward magazine was flooded. Her steering commenced to jam and the rest of her force made the error of following her, thus ending the pursuit.[8]
Sixty-three officers and men died when Lynx struck a mine in the North Sea on 9 August, 1915.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Reginald St. P. Parry, 16 December, 1913[10][11] – 12 January, 1915[12] (in command at the Scarborough Raid)
- Commander John F. H. Cole, 12 January, 1915[13][14] – 9 August, 1915[15] (killed in command when vessel lost)
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.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume II. pp. 26-30.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 147.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 131.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 352.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 395q.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 131.
Bibliography
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| Acasta | Achates | Ambuscade | Christopher | Cockatrice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contest | Shark | Sparrowhawk | Spitfire | Lynx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Midge | Owl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thornycroft Specials | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardy | Paragon | Porpoise | Unity | Victor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ardent | Fortune | Garland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Acheron Class | Destroyers (UK) | Laforey Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
