H.M.S. Hart (1895)

H.M.S. Hart (1895)
Builder:	Fairfield^[1]
Ordered:	1893-94^[2]
Laid down:	7 Jun, 1894^[3]
Launched:	27 Mar, 1895^[4]
Commissioned:	Jan, 1896^[5]
Broken up:	1912^[6]

H.M.S. Hart was one of forty-two destroyers of the "A" class — one of the "27 knotters".

She was broken up before the war.

Service

In July, 1904, complaints from Vice-Admiral Noel of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by First Lord of the Admiralty Selborne. Within, it was noted that Hart's boilers had last been re-tubed in 1898, but that a form S.355 dated April 1904 stated they had another 21 months life left in them.^[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant & Commander Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 14 January, 1896^[8]^[9]
Lieutenant & Commander Hastings F. Shakespear, 18 April, 1896^[10]
Lieutenant in Command Roger J. B. Keyes, 15 September, 1892^[11] – January, 1899^[12]
Lieutenant & Commander James U. Farie, November, 1900^[13] (temporary, by order of C-in-C)
Lieutenant & Commander George C. Hardy, 15 January, 1901^[14]
Lieutenant & Commander George G. Codrington, 14 January, 1903^[15]
Lieutenant & Commander Spencer R. S. Richards, 15 October, 1904^[16]
Lieutenant & Commander Reginald Henniker-Heaton, 10 February, 1906^[17]
Lieutenant-Commander (I) Gerald C. Dickens, 26 March, 1907^[18] – 26 February, 1909^[19]
Lieutenant & Commander Hubert S. Monroe, 26 February, 1909^[20] – 1 April, 1911^[21]

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum. (NOE/5/2).
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 10 January, 1896. Issue 34783, col D, p. 8.
↑ Trywhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 227a.
↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 90.
↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141. f. 206.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 262.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 14 January, 1903. Issue 36977, col D, p. 8.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 323.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 324.
↑ Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
↑ Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.