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H.M.S. Violet (1897) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.09 (1914) D.72 (Sep 1915) D.94 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Doxford[2] |
Ordered: | 1986-97 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 13 Jul, 1896[4] |
Launched: | 3 May, 1897[5] |
Commissioned: | Jun, 1898[6] |
Broken up: | 1920[7] |
H.M.S. Violet was one of forty destroyers of the "C" class — a "30 knotter".
Service
She served in the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla from the start of war until September 1917 when she went to join the Nore Defence Flotilla.[8]
In April 1918 she was reassigned to the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Dover Patrol, remaining there for the duration of the war.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Vincent L. Bowring, 14 August, 1913.[10]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Monthly Supplements to the Navy List, September 1914 through September 1917.
- ↑ Monthly Supplements to the Navy List, September 1917 through December 1918.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 394.
Bibliography