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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=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}} | {{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={{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={{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>}} | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 24 October 2017
| H.M.S. Legion (1914) | |
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| Pendant Number: | H.79 (1914) H.54 (Jan 1918) F.94 (Sep 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Denny[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.
- Lieutenant-Commander Claud F. Allsup, 10 July, 1914[7][8] – 24 July, 1915[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert W. Richardson, 26 July, 1915[10] – 3 November, 1915 (sick)
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas G. Carter, 3 November, 1915 – 19 April, 1916
- Lieutenant in Command Terence A. F. Longford, 19 April, 1916[11][12] – 28 November, 1916[13]
- Lieutenant in Command (I) Joseph Bernard Newill, 5 April, 1917[14][15] – 26 September, 1917[16]
- Commander Francis A. Clutterbuck, 26 September, 1917[17][18] – 15 July, 1918[19]
- Commander Bryan F. Adams, 8 July, 1918[20] – 2 May, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 801.
- ↑ Allsup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/169. f. 170.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 395l.
- ↑ Allsup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/169. f. 170.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395j.
- ↑ Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395uu.
- ↑ Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.
- ↑ Newill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/129. f. 140.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395a.
- ↑ Newill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/129. f. 140.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395a.
- ↑ Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 445.
- ↑ Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 445.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 830.
Bibliography
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| Llewellyn | Lennox | Loyal | Legion | Laforey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lawford | Louis | Lydiard | Laertes | Lysander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lance | Lookout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Laurel | Liberty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lark | Landrail | Laverock | Linnet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lochinvar | Lassoo | Leonidas | Lucifer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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