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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=4 April, 1911<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=1 February, 1912<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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Revision as of 16:21, 28 June 2016

H.M.S. Ruby (1910)
Pendant Number: H.85 (1914)
H.98 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: J. S. White[2]
Launched: 4 Nov, 1910[3]
Completed: 7 Apr, 1911[4]
Sold: May, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Ruby was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

In mid-1913, was with Second Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

Reduced to a C. & M. Party on 19 March, 1920.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 369.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 857.
  8. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  9. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397s.
  11. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  12. Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 397t.
  14. Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 859.

Bibliography


Acorn Class Destroyer
Acorn Alarm Brisk Sheldrake Staunch
Cameleon Comet Goldfinch Nemesis Nereide
Nymphe Fury Hope Larne Lyra
Martin Minstrel Redpole Rifleman Ruby
<– Beagle Class Destroyers (UK) Acheron Class –>