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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=27 January, 1916<ref>Parry Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=29 March, 1916<ref>Parry Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=27 January, 1916<ref>Parry Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=29 March, 1916<ref>Parry Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Trevor Prichard|nick=Hugh T. Prichard|appt=29 March, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 392''r''}}|end= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Trevor Prichard|nick=Hugh T. Prichard|appt=29 March, 1916<ref>Prichard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 392''r''}}|end=1 November, 1916<ref>Prichard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Guy D. Fanshawe|appt=22 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 392''b''}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Guy D. Fanshawe|appt=22 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 392''b''}}|ass=1 November, 1916<ref>Prichard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>|end=}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gerald Morell McKenna|nick=Gerald M. McKenna|appt=23 January, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 749}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gerald Morell McKenna|nick=Gerald M. McKenna|appt=23 January, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 749}}|end=}} | ||
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Revision as of 11:35, 5 December 2016
H.M.S. Cameleon (1910) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.21 (1914) H.24 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
Launched: | 1 Jun, 1910[3] |
Completed: | Dec, 1910[4] |
Sold: | Nov, 1921[5] |
H.M.S. Cameleon was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.
Service
In mid-1913, she was serving in the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Percy Withers, 25 November, 1910[8] – 19 September, 1911[9]
- Commander Hugh J. Tweedie, 18 September, 1911[10] – 27 November, 1912[11] (discharged due to illness)
- Commander Charles D. Roper, 27 November, 1912[12][13] – 9 October, 1914[14]
- Commander Harold V. Dundas, 9 October, 1914[15][16] – November, 1915[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ernest W. Kirkby, c. late November, 1915[18] – 27 January, 1916[19]
- Commander Reginald St. P. Parry, 27 January, 1916[20] – 29 March, 1916[21]
- Commander Hugh T. Prichard, 29 March, 1916[22][23] – 1 November, 1916[24]
- Commander Guy D. Fanshawe, 22 October, 1916[25]
- Lieutenant in Command Gerald M. McKenna, 23 January, 1918[26]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 740.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ Roper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/151. f. 169.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 288.
- ↑ Roper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/151. f. 169.
- ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392p.
- ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
- ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
- ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392r.
- ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 749.
Bibliography
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