H.M.S. Recruit (1896)
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H.M.S. Recruit (1896) | |
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Pendant Number: | N.60 (1914)[1] |
Builder: | Thomson[2] |
Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 18 Oct, 1895[4] |
Launched: | 22 Aug, 1896[5] |
Commissioned: | Oct, 1900[6] |
Torpedoed: | 1 May, 1915[7] |
Fate: | by UB 6[8] |
H.M.S. Recruit was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
She is not to be confused with the "R" class destroyer of the same name.
Service
In mid-1913, active with the Nore Defence Flotilla.[9]
She was torpedoed by UB 6 on 1 May, 1915[10] near Galloper Lightship, with the loss of 39.[11] The ship was cut in half and sank immediately.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Cecil E. Rooke, 16 January, 1902[13] – 30 May, 1902[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander Rowland H. Bather, 30 May, 1902[15] – 11 June, 1902[16]
- Commander John Nicholas, 14 March, 1905[17] – 27 April, 1905[18] (as Commodore, Second Class)
- Lieutenant in Command Lionel J. G. Anderson, 27 April, 1905[19] – 20 October, 1905[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward O. Gladstone, 20 October, 1905[21] – 28 May, 1906[22]
- Lieutenant & Commander Harry L. Boyle, 28 May, 1906[23]
- Lieutenant & Commander Christopher Hornby, 24 June, 1908[24]
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard M. King, 5 August, 1909[25]
- Lieutenant & Commander John C. Hodgson, 15 August, 1910[26] – c. March, 1911[27]
- Commander Ambrose M. Peck, 14 April, 1913[28][29] – 6 April, 1914[30] (and for command of the Nore Defence Flotilla)
- Commander Charles A. W. Wrightson, 6 April, 1914[31] – 1 May, 1915[32] (in command when she was lost)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Uboat.net
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 365.
- ↑ Uboat.net Many sources seem to confuse this Recruit and the "R" class Recruit, which was sunk by UB 16.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 63.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume II. pp. 401-2.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 297a.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 16 May 1902. (36769), p. 11.
- ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
- ↑ Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 306.
- ↑ Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 306.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 365.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 365.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 365.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124. Date is not fully legible.
- ↑ Peck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/324. f. 364.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 366.
- ↑ Peck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/324. f. 364.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 376a.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume II. pp. 401-2 and index.
Bibliography