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Revision as of 15:32, 14 January 2014

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 destroyers of the "C" class — 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. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 17 June, 1909. Issue 38988, col B, p. 9.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (March, 1913), p. 284.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915), p. 282.

Bibliography


"C" Class Destroyer
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Flying Fish Fawn Flirt Bullfinch Dove
Violet Sylvia Lee Avon Bittern
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Osprey Leven Falcon Ostrich Thorn
Tiger Vigilant Albatross Viper Velox
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