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On 10 March, 1915, while operating out of Rosyth, she attacked and sank {{DE-U12}} off of Fife Ness along with {{UK-Ariel}} and {{UK-Attack}} by repeated rams and gunfire.{{HardLying|pp. 121-2}} | On 10 March, 1915, while operating out of Rosyth, she attacked and sank {{DE-U12}} off of Fife Ness along with {{UK-Ariel}} and {{UK-Attack}} by repeated rams and gunfire.{{HardLying|pp. 121-2}} | ||
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+ | In November, 1916, ''Acheron'' transferred to the {{UK-DF|2}}, which was then eighteen destroyers under orders of the Commander-in-Charge or Devonport. Around September 1917, she left with three other ''Acheron''{{'}}s to join the {{UK-DF|5}}, which was supporting the [[Mediterranean Fleet]]. | ||
An image at the Imperial War Museum dated 1918, but perhaps being earlier by its pennant numbers,<ref>[https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205127793 IMW image].</ref> suggests that ''Acheron'' at that time sported a splinter/spray shield on her forward 4-in gun (only), had life-saving rings on her after searchlight platform, a chart-table on her bridge's port side, and no visible installation of a gunnery director. | An image at the Imperial War Museum dated 1918, but perhaps being earlier by its pennant numbers,<ref>[https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205127793 IMW image].</ref> suggests that ''Acheron'' at that time sported a splinter/spray shield on her forward 4-in gun (only), had life-saving rings on her after searchlight platform, a chart-table on her bridge's port side, and no visible installation of a gunnery director. | ||
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+ | As part of the post-war fleet re-organization in February/March 1919, ''Acheron'' had no place anymore. She became inactive, and would eventually be sold in May, 1921. | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== |
Revision as of 00:39, 1 March 2019
H.M.S. Acheron (1911) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.00 (1914) H.02 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
Ordered: | 1910-11 Programme[3] |
Launched: | 27 Jun, 1911[4] |
Completed: | Nov, 1911[5] |
Sold: | 9 May, 1921[6] |
Fate: | to Ward |
H.M.S. Acheron was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron class.
Radio
She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[7]
Service
In July, 1914, Acheron was serving in First Destroyer Flotilla, part of First Fleet.[8]
Immediately before the start of war, plans to remove shipping strips under cocoanut matting on this ship and Ariel were deferred.[9]
She fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the First Destroyer Flotilla,[10] which was tasked with screening the Fifth Battle Squadron.
On 10 March, 1915, while operating out of Rosyth, she attacked and sank U 12 off of Fife Ness along with Ariel and Attack by repeated rams and gunfire.[11]
In November, 1916, Acheron transferred to the Second Destroyer Flotilla, which was then eighteen destroyers under orders of the Commander-in-Charge or Devonport. Around September 1917, she left with three other Acheron's to join the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, which was supporting the Mediterranean Fleet.
An image at the Imperial War Museum dated 1918, but perhaps being earlier by its pennant numbers,[12] suggests that Acheron at that time sported a splinter/spray shield on her forward 4-in gun (only), had life-saving rings on her after searchlight platform, a chart-table on her bridge's port side, and no visible installation of a gunnery director.
As part of the post-war fleet re-organization in February/March 1919, Acheron had no place anymore. She became inactive, and would eventually be sold in May, 1921.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Viscount Kelburn, 24 October, 1911[13] – after June, 1913[14]
- Commander Wion de M. Egerton, 24 October, 1913[15][16] – 31 March, 1914[17]
- Commander Brien M. Money, 31 March, 1914[18][19] – 26 January, 1916[20]
- Commander Charles G. Ramsey, 3 February, 1916[21] – July, 1916[22] (in command at Battle of Jutland)
- Lieutenant in Command Robert L. Burnett, July, 1916[23] – 15 November, 1916 (transferred in from Pasley)
- Lieutenant in Command John B. Spurgin, 15 November, 1916[24][25] – 27 January, 1917[26]
- Lieutenant in Command Arthur K. Gibson, 1 March, 1917[27] – December, 1917[28]
- Lieutenant in Command Richard C. A. Littleton, December, 1917 – 6 August, 1918
- Commander (I, Fr.) Basil R. Poë, 3 August, 1918[29] – 12 April, 1919
- Commander Malcolm Murray, 10 May, 1919[30] – 30 August, 1919 (and for command of group of ships in reserve at the Nore)
See Also
- First D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
- 3D Model available for licensing
- Wikipedia
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 182 of 24 July, 1914.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 121-2.
- ↑ IMW image.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 272.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 272.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391a.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
- ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 391a.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 391a.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391a.
- ↑ Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 722.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 722.
Bibliography
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