H.M.S. Flying Fish (1897)
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H.M.S. Flying Fish (1897) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.86 (1914) D.57 (Sep 1915) D.40 (Jan 1918) H.69 (Sep 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Palmer[2] |
Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 9 Aug, 1896[4] |
Launched: | 4 Mar, 1897[5] |
Commissioned: | Jun, 1898[6] |
Sold: | Aug, 1919[7] |
H.M.S. Flying Fish was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, she was operating with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
Captains
With some ambiguity, it somehow seems that Flying Fish and Spiteful shared commanders Nicholson and Sparks.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Arthur G. M. Meredyth, 3 November, 1898[9] – 3 November, 1899
- Commander Morgan Singer, 3 October, 1899[10] – 11 January, 1901[11]
- Commander Douglas R. M. Nicholson, 11 January, 1901[12][13] (also in command of Spiteful)
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh P. Buckle, 16 December, 1901[14][15][16] – 23 October, 1903[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 30 September, 1903[18] – c. 23 October, 1903[19][20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest E. Parker, 23 October, 1903[21] – 28 November, 1904
- Lieutenant & Commander The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham, August, 1905[22] (temporarily loaned)
- Commander Charles H. Morgan, 24 August, 1905[23][24] – 28 May, 1906[25] (and as Commander (D), Torpedo Craft in Commission in Reserve)
- Lieutenant in Command George H. H. Holden, 28 May, 1906[26] – 26 July, 1906[27]
- Lieutenant & Commander William H. H. S. Thomson, 28 March, 1905 – 10 April, 1905 (temporary)
- Lieutenant & Commander William H. H. S. Thomson, 26 July, 1906[28][29] – 21 May, 1908
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald C. L. Owen, 21 May, 1908[30]
- Lieutenant & Commander Geoffrey P. Russell, 21 January, 1909[31] – 18 October, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander Gordon A. Coles, 19 October, 1909[32][33] – 12 January, 1910[34]
- Lieutenant & Commander William S. F. Forbes, 12 January, 1910 – 1 February, 1910
- Lieutenant & Commander John P. Champion, 1 February, 1910 – 26 November, 1910
- Lieutenant & Commander Michael K. H. Kennedy, 26 November, 1910[35][36] – 14 August, 1913[37]
- Lieutenant & Commander Montague R. Bernard, 2 July, 1912[38] – 29 July, 1912[39] (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 14 August, 1913[40][41] – 3 December, 1913[42]
- Lieutenant in Command Philip W. S. King, 3 February, 1914[43] – 6 April, 1914[44] (followed by about a month in dockyard hands)
- Lieutenant-Commander Philip W. S. King, 19 May, 1914[45][46] – 24 October, 1915[47]
- Lieutenant in Command John H. Jauncey, 24 October, 1915[48] – 10 February, 1916[49]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William H. Dunster, 24 January, 1916[50] – 31 May, 1917[51]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William H. Dunster, 5 December, 1917[52] – 28 February, 1918[53]
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Robert M. Gardner, 28 February, 1918 – mid October, 1918[Fact Check]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Percy Younghusband, 21 October, 1918[54] – 26 November, 1918[55][56]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Geoffrey A. Robinson, 26 November, 1918[57]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ 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. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 303.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 November, 1898. Issue 35662, col F, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 16 October, 1899. Issue 35961, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 220.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 28 December, 1900. Issue 36337, col D, p. 5.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
- ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 6 December 1901. (36631), p. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 257.
- ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 6 October, 1903. Issue 37204, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 316.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 316.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 316.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
- ↑ Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 331.
- ↑ Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 331.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 27 July, 1906. Issue 38,083, col F, p. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 316.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 317.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 317.
- ↑ Coles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/167. f. 168.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 317.
- ↑ Coles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/167. f. 168.
- ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/97. f. 52.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.
- ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/97. f. 52.
- ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
- ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 315.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 315.
- ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/146. f. 79.
- ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/146. f. 79.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394e.
- ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/146. f. 79.
- ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
- ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
- ↑ Dunster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/50. f. 50.
- ↑ Dunster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/50. f. 50.
- ↑ Dunster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/50. f. 50.
- ↑ Dunster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/50. f. 50.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 795.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 795.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.
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