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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest Sausmarez Carey|nick=Ernest S. Carey|appt=28 August, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 231}}|end=27 December, 1900<ref>Carey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/201.|D7602539}}  f. 216.</ref>}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Paul Irven|nick=John P. Irven|appt=1901|end=2 July, 1901}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Walter Reginald Glynn Petre|nick=Walter R. G. Petre|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Petre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/434.|D7602752}} f. 485.</ref>|end=2 October, 1905<ref>Petre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/434.|D7602752}} f. 485.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Walter Reginald Glynn Petre|nick=Walter R. G. Petre|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Petre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/434.|D7602752}} f. 485.</ref>|end=2 October, 1905<ref>Petre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/434.|D7602752}} f. 485.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Percy George Brown|nick=Percy G. Brown|appt=2 October, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 284}}|end=28 May, 1906<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/435.|D7602753}} f. 486.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Percy George Brown|nick=Percy G. Brown|appt=2 October, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 284}}|end=28 May, 1906<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/435.|D7602753}} f. 486.</ref>}}

Revision as of 13:29, 22 September 2017

H.M.S. Bittern (1897)
Pendant Number: D.03 (1914)
D.5A (Sep 1915)
D.10 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 18 Feb, 1896[4]
Launched: 1 Feb, 1897[5]
Commissioned: Apr, 1897[6]
Collision: 3 Apr, 1918[7]
Fate: w/ Kenilworth[8]

H.M.S. Bittern was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

She was rammed by a steamer in dense fog at 3.15 a.m. on 3 April, 1918. There were no survivors.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 63.
  8. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 63.
  9. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 63.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 281.
  11. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 253.
  12. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 253.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 231.
  14. Carey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/201. f. 216.
  15. Petre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/434. f. 485.
  16. Petre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/434. f. 485.
  17. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 284.
  18. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435. f. 486.
  19. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 284.
  20. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 284.
  21. Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  22. Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  23. Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  24. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 17 June, 1909. Issue 38988, col B, p. 9.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 284.
  26. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
  27. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
  28. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 287.
  29. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 284.
  30. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 284.
  31. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  32. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 284.
  33. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  34. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 282.
  35. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 210.
  36. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 210.
  37. Irving Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/135. f. 135.
  38. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391t.
  39. Irving Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/135. f. 135.
  40. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 482.

Bibliography


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