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|launch=14 Jul, 1896{{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
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==Service==
 
==Service==
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She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1909]].{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9}}
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In mid-1913, she was at The Nore.{{NLJul13|p. 306}}
 
In mid-1913, she was at The Nore.{{NLJul13|p. 306}}
  
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Electra''">
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes|nick=Cecil D. S. Raikes|appt=15 January, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 10 January, 1901.  Issue '''36348''', col D, p. 8.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes|nick=Cecil D. S. Raikes|appt=15 January, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 10 January, 1901.  Issue '''36348''', col D, p. 8.</ref>|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Rowland Henry Bather|nick=Rowland H. Bather|appt=11 June, 1902<ref>Bather Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/438.|D7576567}} f. 438.</ref>|end=August, 1902<ref>Bather Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/438.|D7576567}} f. 438.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Rowland Henry Bather|nick=Rowland H. Bather|appt=11 June, 1902{{NMI|Saturday, Jun 14, 1902; pg. 9; Issue 36794}}<ref>Bather Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/438.|D7576567}} f. 438.</ref>|end=August, 1902<ref>Bather Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/438.|D7576567}} f. 438.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Rowland Henry Bather|nick=Rowland H. Bather|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>Bather Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/438.|D7576567}} f. 438.</ref>|end=19 August, 1903<ref>Bather Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/438.|D7576567}} f. 438.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Rowland Henry Bather|nick=Rowland H. Bather|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>Bather Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/438.|D7576567}} f. 438.</ref>|end=19 August, 1903<ref>Bather Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/438.|D7576567}} f. 438.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Cyril Royds Brocklebank|nick=Henry C. R. Brocklebank|appt=4 September, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>|end=30 October, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Cyril Royds Brocklebank|nick=Henry C. R. Brocklebank|appt=4 September, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>|end=30 October, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh James Orr|nick=Hugh J. Orr|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Philip Robert Thresher|nick=Philip R. Thresher|appt=31 May, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 307}}|end=10 November, 1905{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Philip Robert Thresher|nick=Philip R. Thresher|appt=31 May, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 307}}|end=10 November, 1905{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Leslie Drew Fisher|nick=Leslie Drew Fisher|appt=10 November, 1905{{NLMar07|p. 307}}|end=18 September, 1907}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Leslie Drew Fisher|nick=Leslie Drew Fisher|appt=10 November, 1905{{NLMar07|p. 307}}|end=18 September, 1907}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Goodrich Terry|nick=Frank G. Terry|appt=18 April, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 306}}|end=11 December, 1913}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Goodrich Terry|nick=Frank G. Terry|appt=18 April, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 306}}|end=11 December, 1913}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Bibby Hartford|nick=George B. Hartford|appt=11 December, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 308}}<ref>Hartford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/80.|D7603984}} f. 83.</ref>|end=6 November, 1914<ref>Hartford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/80.|D7603984}} f. 83.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Bibby Hartford|nick=George B. Hartford|appt=11 December, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 308}}<ref>Hartford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/80.|D7603984}} f. 83.</ref>|end=6 November, 1914<ref>Hartford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/80.|D7603984}} f. 83.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Ralph Tindal|nick=Ralph Tindal|appt=6 November, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 393''r''}}|end=23 May, 1915{{NLApr15|p. 393''r''}}{{NLNov17|p. 393''l''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Ralph Tindal|nick=Ralph Tindal|appt=6 November, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 393''r''}}|end=23 May, 1915}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Seeds Monroe|nick=Hubert S. Monroe|appt=23 May, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 393''l''}}<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>|end=23 July, 1918<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Seeds Monroe|nick=Hubert S. Monroe|appt=23 May, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 393''l''}}<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>|end=23 July, 1918<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Ewer Cundall|nick=Charles E. Cundall|appt=23 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 786}}|end=1 February, 1919}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Ewer Cundall|nick=Charles E. Cundall|appt=23 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 786}}|end=1 February, 1919}}

Revision as of 16:59, 31 December 2019

H.M.S. Electra (1896)
Pendant Number: N.55 (1914)
D.52 (Sep 1915)
D.31 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. & G. Thomson[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 18 Oct, 1895[4]
Launched: 14 Jul, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Jul, 1900[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Electra was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[8]

In mid-1913, she was at The Nore.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  8. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 306.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 10 January, 1901. Issue 36348, col D, p. 8.
  11. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 14, 1902; pg. 9; Issue 36794.
  12. Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  13. Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  14. Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  15. Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  16. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  17. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  18. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 307.
  20. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 307.
  21. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/56. f. 56.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 308.
  23. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/56. f. 56.
  24. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 308.
  25. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 308.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 306.
  27. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 308.
  28. Hartford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/80. f. 83.
  29. Hartford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/80. f. 83.
  30. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393r.
  31. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393l.
  32. Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
  33. Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
  34. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 786.

Bibliography


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