H.M.S. Cheerful (1897)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Cheerful (1897) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.13 (1914) D.49 (Sep 1915)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[2] |
| Ordered: | 1896-97 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 7 Sep, 1896[4] |
| Launched: | 14 Jul, 1897[5] |
| Commissioned: | Feb, 1900[6] |
| Mined: | 30 Jun, 1917[7] |
| Fate: | off the Shetlands[8] |
H.M.S. Cheerful was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, she was home ported in Portland and serving in the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[9]
She was lost off the Shetlands[10] while serving with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, a patrol flotilla.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Mark E. F. Kerr, 3 March, 1900[11]
- Lieutenant & Commander Colin K. MacLean, 27 June, 1903 – 14 August, 1903
- Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Command Rowland E. Stokes-Rees, 14 July, 1904 (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard F. White, 29 October, 1904[12] – 7 March, 1905[13]
- Lieutenant & Commander Mark G. Newton, 7 March, 1905[14] – 29 December, 1905
- Lieutenant & Commander Arthur G. Muller, 29 December, 1905[15] – 14 January, 1908
- Commander James U. Farie, 14 January, 1908[16] – 13 May, 1908[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard A. A. Plowden, 13 May, 1908[18][19] – 24 July, 1908[20] (invalided)
- Commander James U. Farie, 6 August, 1908[21] – 10 September, 1909[22]
- Lieutenant & Commander John C. Hodgson, 10 September, 1909[23][24] – 15 August, 1910[25]
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald G. Talbot, 17 August, 1910 – 1910
- Lieutenant & Commander Wilfrid W. Hunt, 8 April, 1911[26] – 24 May, 1911[27]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert J. Buchanan, 5 March, 1912[28] – 10 April, 1912[29] (temporary, for special service)
- Lieutenant & Commander Francis L. Back, 10 April, 1912[30] – 25 October, 1912
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert Makin, 15 October, 1912 – 11 December, 1913
- Commander Theodore E. J. Bigg, 27 January, 1914[31][32] – 22 September, 1915[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry I. M. L. Scott, 22 September, 1915[34] – 24 June, 1916[35]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Harman A. L. Bond, 12 September, 1916[36] – 30 June, 1917[37] (vessel lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 292.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 30.
- ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
- ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 294.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 293.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 293.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 292.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 458.
- ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 458.
- ↑ Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
- ↑ Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 292.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392s.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 392i.
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