H.M.S. Lynx (1913)

H.M.S. Lynx (1913)
Pendant Number:	H.71 (1914)^[1]
Builder:	London & Glasgow^[2]
Launched:	20 Mar, 1913^[3]
Completed:	Jan, 1914^[4]
Mined:	9 Aug, 1915^[5]
Fate:	in Moray Firth^[6]

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

Service

Lynx was known for having a steering system prone to jamming.

Under the command of Commander Reginald St. Pierre Parry, Lynx led a contingent of seven Acasta class destroyers of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla during the Scarborough Raid on 16 December 1914, acting as leader of the four-ship first division.^[7]

Lynx left Cromarty with two half-divisions of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla on 15 December, 1915 and she encountered a German destroyer. Lynx was hit by gunfire as she gave chase and her forward magazine was flooded. Her steering commenced to jam and the rest of her force made the error of following her, thus ending the pursuit.^[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Reginald St. P. Parry, 16 December, 1913^[9]^[10] – 12 January, 1915^[11] (in command at the Scarborough Raid)
Commander John F. H. Cole, 12 January, 1915^[12] – 9 August, 1915^[13] (killed in command when vessel lost)