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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Geoffrey Codrington|nick=George G. Codrington|appt=31 July, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 397}}|end=17 April, 1906|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Geoffrey Codrington|nick=George G. Codrington|appt=31 July, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 397}}|end=17 April, 1906|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Norman James|nick=Thomas N. James|appt=17 April, 1906<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Norman James|nick=Thomas N. James|appt=17 April, 1906<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Albert Markham Hood Phillips|nick=Albert M. H. Phillips|appt=28 May, 1906{{NLApr10|p. 397}}|end=5 April, 1910 | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Albert Markham Hood Phillips|nick=Albert M. H. Phillips|appt=28 May, 1906{{NLApr10|p. 397}}|end=5 April, 1910}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=5 April, 1910<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 397}}|end=4 April, 1911<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=5 April, 1910<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 397}}|end=4 April, 1911<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Coombe Hodgson|nick=John C. Hodgson|appt=4 April, 1911<ref>Hodgson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/124.|D7603631}} f. 124.</ref>|end=18 January, 1912<ref>Hodgson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/124.|D7603631}} f. 124.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Coombe Hodgson|nick=John C. Hodgson|appt=4 April, 1911<ref>Hodgson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/124.|D7603631}} f. 124.</ref>|end=18 January, 1912<ref>Hodgson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/124.|D7603631}} f. 124.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 10:19, 17 October 2017
H.M.S. Wear (1905) | |
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Pendant Number: | N.92 (1914) none (Sep 1915)[1] |
Builder: | Palmer[2] |
Ordered: | 1903-04 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 7 Mar, 1904[4] |
Launched: | 21 Jan, 1905[5] |
Completed: | Aug, 1905[6] |
Commissioned: | Aug, 1905[7] |
Broken up: | 1919[8] |
H.M.S. Wear was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.
Service
In mid-1913, at Haulbowline.[9]
While under the command of Captain Metcalfe on 8 March, 1915, Wear sped to the scene of Bouvet's explosion and rescued 66 men from the water while under fire from shore batteries. That same evening, she provided the same service for Irresistible, rescuing more than 600 from the listing battleship.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander George G. Codrington, 31 July, 1905[11] – 17 April, 1906
- Lieutenant in Command Thomas N. James, 17 April, 1906[12] – 28 May, 1906[13]
- Lieutenant & Commander Albert M. H. Phillips, 28 May, 1906[14] – 5 April, 1910
- Lieutenant & Commander George H. Knowles, 5 April, 1910[15][16] – 4 April, 1911[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander John C. Hodgson, 4 April, 1911[18] – 18 January, 1912[19]
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederic G. Schurr, 18 January, 1912[20][21] – 1 April, 1913[22]
- Lieutenant & Commander John A. Shuter, 15 July, 1913[23] (to join Leda upon commissioning)
- Lieutenant & Commander Oswald T. Hodgson, 9 August, 1913[24] – 5 March, 1914
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry M. Fothergill, 20 April, 1914 – c. 1 May, 1914
- Captain (retired) Christopher P. Metcalfe, 6 September, 1914[25] – 16 September, 1915[26]
- Commander Wellwood G. C. Maxwell, 16 September, 1915[27] – 30 September, 1916[28]
- Commander Julian H. Woodbridge, 21 October, 1916[29] – August, 1917[Inference]
- Lieutenant in Command Charles K. Adam, August, 1917[30][31] – 1 May, 1918[32] (assumed command upon Hydra arriving on station)
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick T. Stringer, 14 May, 1918[33] – 1919[Inference]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 397.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 77.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 397.
- ↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
- ↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 397.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 397.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 397.
- ↑ Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 397.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 397.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399i.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399f.
- ↑ Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/48. f. 47.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399f.
- ↑ Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/48. f. 47.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 942.
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