H.M.S. Pigeon (1916)

H.M.S. Pigeon (1916)
Pendant Number:	G.59 (Sep 1915) F.21 (Jan 1917) F.18 (Jan 1918) H.67 (Apr 1918)
Builder:	Hawthorn Leslie & Company
Launched:	3 Mar, 1916
Completed:	2 Jun, 1916
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H.M.S. Pigeon was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Pigeon joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla immediately after the Battle of Jutland, in June 1916.

She operated with 13 D.F. until November 1917 when she was one of eight "M"s evicted from the flotilla. One month later, she took up service in the Second Destroyer Flotilla, part of the Northern Division of the Coast of Ireland Station.

On 5 February 1918, Pigeon, Mosquito and Grasshopper were escorting a convoy when the Anchor Line/Cunard troopship SS Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk in the North Channel, off Islay by UB 77 as the convoy approached Liverpool. Pigeon assisted in the rescue of American troops, saving more than 800 men.

Pigeon was reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 20 October, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant & Commander Arthur E. H. Wright, 15 May, 1916 – 4 June, 1916
• Lieutenant-Commander Michael K. H. Kennedy, 4 June, 1916 – 14 June, 1917
• Lieutenant-Commander Christopher J. F. Eddis, 15 May, 1917 – 19 March, 1918
• Lieutenant & Commander Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper, 19 March, 1918 – 15 October, 1919

See Also

• Wikipedia