H.M.S. Achates (1912)

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H.M.S. Achates (1912)
Pendant Number: H.46 (1914)
H.01 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Launched: 14 Nov, 1912[3]
Completed: Mar, 1913[4]
Sold: May, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Achates was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under Commander Hutchinson.[6]

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. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 271.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 266.
  9. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  10. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391a.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 391a.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391a.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 722.

Bibliography


Acasta Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Other Specials
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