H.M.S. Starfish (1895)

H.M.S. Starfish (1895)
Builder:	Vickers
Ordered:	1893-94
Laid down:	22 Mar, 1894
Launched:	26 Jan, 1895
Commissioned:	14 Jan, 1896
Broken up:	1912

H.M.S. Starfish was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".

Like many in her class, she was broken up before the war.

Service

Starfish was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander R. G. Gregory in H.M.S. Spitfire.

She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant Henry L. Tottenham, 14 January, 1896 – 22 May, 1896
• Lieutenant & Commander Sidney R. Olivier, early 1898 – 10 May, 1898
• Lieutenant Douglas E. R. Brownrigg, 10 May, 1898 – 3 March, 1899
• Chief Gunner in Command (T) Edward Walker, 22 January, 1902 – 17 September, 1904
• Lieutenant William H. D. Boyle, 20 June, 1902 – 28 August, 1902  (temporary)
• Lieutenant & Commander Robert M. Groves, 21 July, 1903  (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
• Lieutenant & Commander Charles C. Johnson, 14 July, 1904  (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1904)
• Lieutenant & Commander Arthur L. Popham, 3 January, 1905 – 1 April, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander John B. Stevenson, 1 April, 1906 – 21 July, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Stephen H. Morres, 21 July, 1906 – 3 March, 1908
• Lieutenant & Commander Robert G. Hamond, 3 March, 1908 – 9 March, 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander George W. Taylor, 9 March, 1909 – 20 March, 1909  (may have been altered to Spitfire)

See Also

• Wikipedia