H.M.S. Recruit (1896)
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| Pendant Number: | N.60 (1914)[1] |
| Builder: | J. & G. Thomson[2] |
| Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 18 Oct, 1895[4] |
| Launched: | 22 Aug, 1896[5] |
| Commissioned: | Oct, 1900[6] |
| Torpedoed: | 1 May, 1915[7] |
| Fate: | by UB 6[8] |
H.M.S. Recruit was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
She is not to be confused with the "R" class destroyer of the same name.
Service
Recruit was hit while at anchor in Sheerness Harbour by a barge on 27 April, 1907. She was taken into the steam basin, awaiting her turn in the No. 3 Dock when Ure was undocked on 29 April.[9]
She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[10]
In mid-1913, active with the Nore Local Defence Flotilla.[11]
She was torpedoed by UB 6 on 1 May, 1915[12] near Galloper Lightship, with the loss of 39.[13] The ship was cut in half and sank immediately.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant (and Commander?) Cecil E. Rooke, 16 January, 1902[15] – 5 June, 1902 (stranded the ship and was later Court Martialed)
- Lieutenant & Commander Rowland H. Bather, 30 May, 1902[16] – 11 June, 1902[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Wilfred Henderson, 21 July, 1903[18] (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander George J. Todd, 3 January, 1905[19] – 14 March, 1905[20]
- Commander John Nicholas, 14 March, 1905[21] – 27 April, 1905[22] (as Commodore, Second Class)
- Lieutenant in Command Lionel J. G. Anderson, 27 April, 1905[23] – 20 October, 1905[24]
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward O. Gladstone, 20 October, 1905[25] – 28 May, 1906[26]
- Lieutenant & Commander Harry L. Boyle, 28 May, 1906[27] – 5 November, 1907
- Lieutenant & Commander Claude H. Woodward, 5 November, 1907 – 24 June, 1908
- Lieutenant & Commander Christopher Hornby, 24 June, 1908[28]
- Lieutenant & Commander Arthur G. H. Bond, 27 March, 1909[29][30] – 25 August, 1909[31]
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard M. King, 5 August, 1909[32]
- Lieutenant & Commander John C. Hodgson, 15 August, 1910[33][34] – c. March, 1911[35]
- Lieutenant & Commander Arthur F. Crutchley, 4 April, 1911[36] – 19 April, 1911
- Commander Francis R. Scarlett, 31 October, 1911[37]
- Commander Ambrose M. Peck, 14 April, 1913[38][39] – 6 April, 1914[40] (and for command of the Nore Local Defence Flotilla)
- Commander Charles A. W. Wrightson, 6 April, 1914[41][42] – 1 May, 1915[43] (and for command of the Nore Local Defence Flotilla, in command when she was lost)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Uboat.net
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 29, 1907; pg. 10; Issue 38319.
- ↑ "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 365.
- ↑ Uboat.net Many sources seem to confuse this Recruit and the "R" class Recruit, which was sunk by UB 16.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 63.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume II. pp. 401-2.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 297a.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 16 May 1902. (36769), p. 11.
- ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/7. f. 7.
- ↑ Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/7. f. 7.
- ↑ Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 306.
- ↑ Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 306.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 365.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 365.
- ↑ Bond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/51. f. 51.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 365.
- ↑ Bond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/51. f. 51.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 365.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 365.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124. Date is not fully legible.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 365.
- ↑ Peck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/324. f. 364.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 366.
- ↑ Peck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/324. f. 364.
- ↑ Wrightson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/101. f. 112.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 376a.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume II. pp. 401-2 and index.
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