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'''H.M.S. ''Laurel''''' was one of 22 destroyers of the [[Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)|''Laforey'' class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Laurel''''' was one of twenty-two destroyers of the [[Laforey Class Destroyer (1913)|''Laforey'' class]].
  
 
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*{{CommRN}} [[Frank Forester Rose]], 27 February, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 337.</ref>
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*{{CommRN}} [[Frank Forester Rose|Frank F. Rose]], 27 February, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 337.</ref>
* {{CommRN}} [[George P. England]], 30 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 346.</ref>
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* {{CommRN}} [[George Plunkett England|George P. England]], 30 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 346.</ref>
* {{LieutRN}} [[Henry D. C. Stanistreet]], in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 47}}
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* {{LieutRN}} [[Henry Dawson Crawford Stanistreet|Henry D. C. Stanistreet]], in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 47}}
 
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Revision as of 19:06, 5 January 2014

H.M.S. Laurel (1913)
Pendant Number: H.91 (1914)
H.51 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. S. White[2]
Launched: 6 May, 1913[3]
Sold: Nov, 1921[4]

H.M.S. Laurel was one of twenty-two destroyers of the Laforey class.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated as one of six Harwich Force destroyers screening the Second Battle Cruiser Squadron. She rescued 18 survivors of Queen Mary.[5]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 29 November, 1919.[6]

Habitability

In July 1914, it was decided not to supply portable fans to ventilate the Stokers' Mess Deck and the Chief and Petty Officers' Mess Deck.[7]

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. 76.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  5. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 10.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 801.
  7. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 79 of 3 July 1914.
  8. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 337.
  9. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 346.
  10. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 47.

Bibliography


Laforey Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Llewellyn Lennox Loyal Legion Laforey
Lawford Louis Lydiard Laertes Lysander
  Lance Lookout  
White 2-Funnelled Type
  Laurel Liberty  
Yarrow 2-Funnelled Type
  Lark Landrail Laverock Linnet  
War Emergency Repeat "L" Class
  Lochinvar Lassoo Leonidas Lucifer  
<– Acasta Class Destroyers (UK) "M" Class –>