H.M.S. Roebuck (1901)
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H.M.S. Roebuck (1901) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.53 (1914) D.67 (Sep 1915) D.72 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2] |
Ordered: | 1899 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 2 Oct, 1899[4] |
Launched: | 4 Jan, 1901[5] |
Commissioned: | Mar, 1902[6] |
Broken up: | 1919[7] |
H.M.S. Roebuck was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Service
In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Second Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
In August, 1912, she was removed from the {UK-DF|6}} and attached to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.[9]
In mid-1913, she was under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and remained engaged in the intruction of cadets at Dartmouth.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Marcus R. Hill, 8 May, 1902[11] – 6 November, 1903[12]
- Lieutenant & Commander Colin K. MacLean, 6 November, 1903[13] – 8 March, 1904[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander Rupert S. Gwatkin-Williams, 21 March, 1904[15] – 15 September, 1904[16]
- Lieutenant in Command Frank F. Rose, 3 January, 1905[17] – 23 May, 1905[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur S. Chambers, 23 May, 1905 – 1 August, 1905
- Lieutenant & Commander Bernard J. H. Ward, 1 August, 1905[19] – 1 January, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander Stanley V. Ellis, 1 January, 1906 – 28 May, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander Walter L. Allen, 28 May, 1906[20][21] – 29 September, 1908[22]
- Commander John G. de O. Coke, 29 September, 1908[23] – 17 June, 1909[24]
- Commander Edmond J. G. Mackinnon, 17 June, 1909[25][26] – 19 October, 1909[27][28]
- Lieutenant in Command John Fawcett, 19 October, 1909[29] – 15 August, 1910[30]
- Lieutenant Andrew B. Cunningham, 15 August, 1910[31] – 16 December, 1910[32]
- Lieutenant & Commander Clive N. Rolfe, 3 May, 1911[33] – 3 May, 1913
- Lieutenant in Command Reginald W. Blake, 3 May, 1913[34] – 4 November, 1914
- Lieutenant-Commander Claude H. Woodward, 4 November, 1914 – 14 November, 1914
- Lieutenant in Command Gerald H. Thomson, 14 November, 1914[35][36] – 17 August, 1915[37]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command James G. P. Bisset, 14 March, 1916 – 1 June, 1916
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. George ff. H. Lloyd, 23 August, 1918[38] – 22 June, 1919[39]
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. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 20 Aug. 1912, p. 2.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 368.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 228/454.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 228/454.
- ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 285.
- ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 285.
- ↑ Gwatkin-Williams Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. f. 93.
- ↑ Gwatkin-Williams Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. f. 93.
- ↑ Rose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/14. f. 14.
- ↑ Rose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/14. f. 14.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 368.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 18, 1906; pg. 12; Issue 38023.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
- ↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 17 June, 1909. Issue 38988, col B, p. 9.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 367.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/141. f. 153.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 397n.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/141. f. 153.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 897.
- ↑ Lloyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/20. f. 20.
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