H.M.S. Dasher (1894)

H.M.S. Dasher (1894)
Builder:	Yarrow
Ordered:	1893-94
Laid down:	Dec, 1893
Launched:	28 Nov, 1894
Commissioned:	Mar, 1896
Broken up:	1912

H.M.S. Dasher was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".

She was broken up before the war.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant & Commander William O. Boothby, 24 July, 1895 – 27 July, 1895  (for manoeuvres, but the vessel was then replaced by Contest)
• Lieutenant in Command John Luce, 1899 – 24 August, 1899  (may be another ship -- source is not very legible)
• Lieutenant & Commander Harry C. J. R. West, 17 January, 1902 – 18 March, 1902^[Inference]
• Lieutenant & Commander John G. de O. Coke, 18 March, 1902 – 1 May, 1903
• Lieutenant & Commander Stanley V. Ellis, 3 January, 1905
• Lieutenant & Commander George P. Leith, 1 January, 1906 – 1 April, 1906
• Gunner in Command John Reep, 1 April, 1906 – June, 1906^[Inference]
• Lieutenant in Command L. Stanley Holbrook, June, 1906  (for manoeuvres)
• Lieutenant in Command Hubert S. Monroe, 3 August, 1906 – 24 September, 1908
• Lieutenant & Commander Nelson Wheelwright, 24 September, 1908
• Lieutenant in Command Hamilton C. Allen, 21 January, 1909 – 26 August, 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander F. Burges Watson, 26 August, 1909 – 1 July, 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Herbert E. W. C. Whyte, 9 February, 1911

See Also

• Wikipedia