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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Laurence Reynolds Palmer|nick=Laurence R. Palmer|appt=4 April, 1916<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>|end=15 October, 1916<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Odwin Hutton Lambert|nick=Walter O. H. Lambert|appt=2 December, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 393}}<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144.}} f. 56.</ref>|end=9 January, 1918<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144.}} f. 56.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Odwin Hutton Lambert|nick=Walter O. H. Lambert|appt=2 December, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 393}}<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144.}} f. 56.</ref>|end=9 January, 1918<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144.}} f. 56.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harald Edward Wharton|nick=Harald E. Wharton|appt=13 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 774}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harald Edward Wharton|nick=Harald E. Wharton|appt=13 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 774}}}}

Revision as of 11:41, 15 April 2015

H.M.S. Defender (1911)
Pendant Number: H.28 (1914)
H.29 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Denny[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 30 Aug, 1911[4]
Completed: Jan, 1912[5]
Sold: 4 Nov, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Defender was one of 29 destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[7]

Service

In mid-1913, Defender was serving with her sisters in the First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

She fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the First Destroyer Flotilla,[9] which was tasked with screening the Fifth Battle Squadron.

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 299.
  9. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 757.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 300c.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393i.
  13. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  14. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393.
  16. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144. f. 56.
  17. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144. f. 56.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 774.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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  Lizard Phoenix Ferret Forester  
Yarrow Specials
  Archer Attack  
Thornycroft Specials
  Acheron Ariel  
Parsons Specials
  Badger Beaver  
Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
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