H.M.S. Archer (1911)

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H.M.S. Archer (1911)
Pendant Number: H.10 (1914)
H.29 (Sep 1915)
H.06 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Yarrow[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 21 Oct, 1911[4]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Archer was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

Archer was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[6]

Service

On commissioning at Portsmouth she joined the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

In mid-1913, she was in the First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

In July, 1914, Archer was serving in First Destroyer Flotilla, part of First Fleet.[9]

Immediately before the start of war, plans to fit two fairleads at the stern were deferred.[10]

She paid off at Chatham on 27 April, 1920.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  6. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 11 March, 1912. Issue 39843, col C, p. 4.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 279.
  9. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  10. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 182 of 24 July, 1914.
  11. The Navy List (January, 1921), p. 727.
  12. The Navy List. (November, 1914). p. 275.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 275. His name is given there without the hyphen.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 731.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Goshawk Hind Hornet Hydra Defender
Druid Sandfly Jackal Tigress Lapwing
  Lizard Phoenix Ferret Forester  
Yarrow Specials
  Archer Attack  
Thornycroft Specials
  Acheron Ariel  
Parsons Specials
  Badger Beaver  
Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
  Firedrake Lurcher Oak  
Australian type
  Parramatta Warrego Yarra  
  Huon Swan Torrens  
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