H.M.S. Nymphe (1911)

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H.M.S. Nymphe (1911)
Pendant Number: H.83 (1914)
D.25 (Jan-Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Launched: 31 Jan, 1911[3]
Completed: May, 1911[4]
Sold: May, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Nymphe was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

On 10 June, 1913, Nymphe collided with Goldfinch and Sheldrake. Her captain, Leveson-Gower, was told he should keep an anchor watch set when the weather was turning sour. [6]

In mid-1913, she was with the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

Nymphe was reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 350.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 817.
  9. Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  10. The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 350.
  11. Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  12. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396g.
  13. King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
  14. King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
  15. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  16. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  17. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  18. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396g.
  19. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  20. Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/224. f. 236.
  21. Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/224. f. 236.
  22. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395z.
  23. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  24. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  25. Thursfield Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/87. f. 93.
  26. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 854.
  27. Thursfield Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/87. f. 93.
  28. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 853.

Bibliography


Acorn Class Destroyer
Acorn Alarm Brisk Sheldrake Staunch
Cameleon Comet Goldfinch Nemesis Nereide
Nymphe Fury Hope Larne Lyra
Martin Minstrel Redpole Rifleman Ruby
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