H.M.S. Tiger (1900)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Tiger (1900) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | John Brown[1] |
| Ordered: | Purchased 31 Mar 1900 |
| Launched: | 19 May, 1900[2] |
| Commissioned: | Jun, 1901[3] |
| Collision: | 2 Apr, 1908[4] |
| Fate: | w/ Berwick |
H.M.S. Tiger was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
There was also a later ship, a battlecruiser, named Tiger.
Service
Tiger was lost to a collision in 1908.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant James R. P. Hawksley, 5 October, 1900[5] – 5 January, 1902[6]
- Lieutenant in Command Wion de M. Egerton, 21 July, 1903[7] – 18 August, 1903[8]
- Commander William N. England, 9 January, 1905[9] – 27 January, 1905[10]
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald G. Coplestone, 20 October, 1905[11]
- Lieutenant & Commander William E. Middleton, 28 May, 1906[12] – 2 April, 1908[13] (died when vessel lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
- ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
- ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
- ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 386.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 386.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
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