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''Contest'' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|Acasta]] class.
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Revision as of 18:19, 11 September 2012

H.M.S. Contest (1913)
Pendant Number: H.63(1914)
H.28 (1917)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[2]
Launched: 7 Jan, 1913[3]
Torpedoed: 18 Sep, 1917[4]
Fate: in English Channel[5]

H.M.S. Contest was one of 20 destroyers of the Acasta class.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.

Bibliography


Acasta Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Thornycroft Specials
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Other Specials
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