H.M.S. Halcyon (1894)

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H.M.S. Halcyon (1894)
Builder: Devonport[1]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act
Laid down: 2 Jan, 1893[2]
Launched: 6 Apr, 1894[3]
Completed: 16 May, 1895[4]
Sold: 6 Nov, 1919[5]

H.M.S. Halcyon was one of five torpedo gunboats of the Dryad class completed for the Royal Navy..

Construction & Service

The vessel participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897.[6]

On 29 July, 1917 Halcyon rammed and dropped a pair of depth charges off Yarmouth after sighting a periscope and was credited with sinking UB 27.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
  6. "The Naval Review at Spithead." The Times (London, England), 25 June 1897; p. 13.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 227.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 227.
  9. Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1232.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1900). p. 255.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 261.
  12. Gough-Calthorpe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 272/548.
  13. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 262.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 322.
  15. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 322.
  16. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 322.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 323.
  18. Grant Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 461.
  19. Grant Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 461.
  20. FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 323.
  22. FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 321.
  24. Segrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 226.
  25. The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 322a.
  26. Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 516.
  27. Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 516.
  28. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394k.
  29. Bannerman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/105. ff. 54, 248.
  30. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394e.
  31. Bannerman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/105. ff. 54, 248.
  32. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 806.

Bibliography


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