H.M.S. Lynx (1913)

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H.M.S. Lynx (1913)
Pendant Number: H.71 (1914)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Launched: 20 Mar, 1913[3]
Mined: 9 Aug, 1915[4]
Fate: in Moray Firth[5]

H.M.S. Lynx was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

Lynx was known for having a steering system prone to jamming.

Lynx left Cromarty with two half-divisions of the Third Destroyer Flotilla on 15 December, 1915 and she encountered a German destroyer. Lynx was hit by gunfire as she gave chase and her forward magazine was flooded. Her steering commenced to jam and the rest of her force made the error of following her, thus ending the pursuit.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  6. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 147.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 352.

Bibliography


Acasta Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Thornycroft Specials
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