H.M.S. Patriot (1916)

H.M.S. Patriot (1916)
Pendant Number:	G.56 (Sep 1915) G.63 (Jan 1917) none (Sep 1918)
Builder:	John I. Thornycroft & Company
Launched:	20 Apr, 1916
Completed:	Jun, 1916
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H.M.S. Patriot was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Transferred to Canada in September, 1920, Patriot was re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 November, 1920 as H.M.C.S. Patriot.

Patriot sank the German submarine U 69 on 12 July, 1917.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander William W. Wilson, 7 June, 1916 – late June, 1916
• Commander Robert G. Hamond, June, 1916 – 19 July, 1917  (sick for a month from 21 May, 1917)
• Lieutenant-Commander Francis E. H. G. Hobart, 25 May, 1917 – 11 June, 1917  (temporary, during Hamond's illness)
• Lieutenant-Commander Maxwell N. Williamson-Napier, 18 July, 1917 – 19 June, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Charles T. Beard, 1 November, 1920 – 2 September, 1922  (ship is now H.M.C.S. Patriot)
• Lieutenant in Command George C. Jones, 3 September, 1922 – 3 August, 1923
• Lieutenant in Command Howard E. Reid, 24 August, 1923 – 6 October, 1926
• Lieutenant-Commander Cuthbert R. H. Taylor, 7 October, 1925 – 23 October, 1927

Alterations

In 1915 or 1916, she was one of sixteen light cruisers and destroyers to trial a Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type B for torpedo control.

See Also

• Wikipedia