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'''H.M.S. ''Acorn''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acorn Class Destroyer (1910)|Acorn class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Acorn''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acorn Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acorn'' class]].
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==Service==
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In mid-1911, she was operating as part of the {{UK-DF|2}}.{{NLJul11|p. 272}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Gilbert Howard|nick=William G. Howard|appt=8 December, 1910<ref>Howard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/292.|D7603077}} f. 328.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 272}}|end=31 July, 1912<ref>Howard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/292.|D7603077}} f. 328.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Marsden|nick=Arthur Marsden|appt=31 July, 1912{{NLDec13|p. 272}}|end=February, 1914<ref>''The Navy List'', February and March, and his appointment to {{UK-1Ardent}}</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (temp)|name=Norman Angel Kyrle Money|nick=Norman A. K. Money|appt=21 October, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 272}}|note=temporary, under [[Arthur Marsden]] until mid February, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Bibby Hartford|nick=George B. Hartford|appt=6 November, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 267}}|end=c. August, 1915{{NLFeb19|p. 834}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Geoffrey Peace|nick=Alfred G. Peace|appt=September, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 391''a''}}|end=7 September, 1916<ref>Peace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/73.|D7604485}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Samuel Brown|nick=George S. Brown|appt=7 September, 1916<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/15.|D7605102}} f. 367.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 391''a''}}|end=20 July, 1918<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/15.|D7605102}} f. 367.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Bowen Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=20 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 722}}|end=20 March, 1919<ref>Mackenzie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/248|}} f. 252.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Neville|nick=Ralph Neville|appt=21 April, 1919<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/221.|D7604976}} f. 233.</ref>{{NLSep19|p. 722}}|end=1 October, 1919<ref>Neville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/221.|D7604976}} f. 233.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 19:42, 2 October 2018

H.M.S. Acorn (1910)
Pendant Number: H.02 (1914)
H.03 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Launched: 1 Jul, 1910[3]
Completed: Dec, 1910[4]
Sold: Nov, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Acorn was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

In mid-1911, she was operating as part of the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 272.
  7. Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/292. f. 328.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 272.
  9. Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/292. f. 328.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 272.
  11. The Navy List, February and March, and his appointment to Ardent
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 272.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 267.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 834.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391a.
  16. Peace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/73. f. ?.
  17. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
  18. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391a.
  19. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 722.
  21. Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/248 f. 252.
  22. Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/221. f. 233.
  23. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 722.
  24. Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/221. f. 233.

Bibliography


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