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''Rhododendron'' was lost on 5 May 1918 in action with {{DE-U70}} less than a month after she entered service. | |||
{{LCommRNR}} [[Charles Arthur Peal|Charles A. Peal]]'s performance in this action was sufficiently poor that he was tried by Court Martial for "not using utmost endeavours to engage enemy", "desertion of post" and having "negligently or by default suffered his ship to be lost." Peal was deprived of all accrued seniority as a Lt. Cdr., dismissed the ship, and severely reprimanded.<ref>Peal Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/54/57.|}} f. 57.</ref> | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 13:43, 1 September 2022
| H.M.S. Rhododendron (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | T.95 (Jan, 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[2] |
| Ordered: | Feb, 1917[3] |
| Launched: | 15 Oct, 1917[4] |
| Sunk: | 5 May, 1918[5] |
| Fate: | by U.70 |
H.M.S. Rhododendron was one of twenty-eight Anchusa Class convoy sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Rhododendron was lost on 5 May 1918 in action with U 70 less than a month after she entered service.
Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Charles A. Peal's performance in this action was sufficiently poor that he was tried by Court Martial for "not using utmost endeavours to engage enemy", "desertion of post" and having "negligently or by default suffered his ship to be lost." Peal was deprived of all accrued seniority as a Lt. Cdr., dismissed the ship, and severely reprimanded.[6]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Charles A. Peal, 25 April, 1918[7] – 5 May, 1918[8] (vessel lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 96.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 96.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 96.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 96.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 96.
- ↑ Peal Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/57. f. 57.
- ↑ Peal Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/57. f. 57.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 129.
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