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|fate=To Chile
 
|fate=To Chile
 
|pend=H.5C (1914)<br>G.60 (Feb 1917)<br>F.61 (Apr 1917)<br>F.50 (Jan 1918)<br>D.80 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 65}}
 
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==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Botha'' rammed and bisected the German T.B. {{DE-A19}} before being torpedoed in error by the French {{FR-CapitaineMehl|f=t}} during the [[Action of 21 March, 1918]].
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Botha''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Botha|f=p}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|nick=Arthur B. S. Dutton|appt=3 March, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 392''m''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|nick=Arthur B. S. Dutton|appt=3 March, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 392''m''}}<ref>Dutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>|end=26 January, 1916<ref>Dutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Donnison Roper|nick=Charles D. Roper|appt=8 June, 1915<ref>Roper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/151.|D7602937}} f. 169.</ref>|end=6 July, 1916<ref>Roper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/151.|D7602937}} f. 169.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|4}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=30 July, 1916<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=5 August, 1916<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=30 July, 1916<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=5 August, 1916<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Brien Michael Money|nick=Brien M. Money|appt=5 August, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 392''n''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Brien Michael Money|nick=Brien M. Money|appt=5 August, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 392''n''}}<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>|end=April, 1917<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Graham Richard Leicester Edwards|nick=Graham R. L. Edwards|appt=April, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 391''w''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Graham Richard Leicester Edwards|nick=Graham R. L. Edwards|appt=April, 1917<ref>Edwards Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/417.|D7576626}}  ff. 419, 229.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 391''w''}}|end=20 December, 1917<ref>Edwards Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/417.|D7576626}}  ff. 419, 229.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Robert Herbert Borgnis Hammond-Chambers|nick=Robert H. B. Hammond-Chambers|appt=28 May, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 744}}|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roger L'Estrange Murray Rede|nick=Roger L'E. M. Rede|appt=20 December, 1917<ref>Rede Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/42.|}} f. 42.</ref>|end=28 May, 1918<ref>Rede Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/42.|}} f. 42.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Robert Herbert Borgnis Hammond-Chambers|nick=Robert H. B. Hammond-Chambers|appt=28 May, 1918<ref>Hammond-Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/200.|D7603707}} f. 201.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 744}}|end=20 March, 1919<ref>Hammond-Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/200.|D7603707}} f. 201.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Leveson Granville Byron Alexander Campbell|nick=Leveson G. B. A. Campbell|appt=20 March, 1919<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}}  f. 101.</ref>{{NLJun19|p. 744}}|end=22 October, 1919<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}}  f. 101.</ref>}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Botha_(1914)}}
 
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 6 April 2018

H.M.S. Botha (1914)
Pendant Number: H.5C (1914)
G.60 (Feb 1917)
F.61 (Apr 1917)
F.50 (Jan 1918)
D.80 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White[2]
Launched: 2 Dec, 1914[3]
To Chile: May, 1920[4]

H.M.S. Botha was one of four flotilla leaders of the Faulknor class.

Service

Botha rammed and bisected the German T.B. Template:DE-A19 before being torpedoed in error by the French Template:FR-CapitaineMehl during the Action of 21 March, 1918.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 65.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 65.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392m.
  6. Dutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 258.
  7. Dutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 258.
  8. Roper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/151. f. 169.
  9. Roper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/151. f. 169.
  10. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  11. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392n.
  13. Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  14. Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  15. Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/417. ff. 419, 229.
  16. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391w.
  17. Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/417. ff. 419, 229.
  18. Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  19. Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  20. Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 744.
  22. Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
  23. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  24. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 744.
  25. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.

Bibliography


Faulknor Class Flotilla Leader
  Botha Broke Faulknor Tipperary  
<– H.M.S. Swift Destroyer Leaders (UK) Lightfoot Class –>