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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
In mid-1913, ''Falcon'' was with the {{UK-DF|6}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 311.</ref>
 
In mid-1913, ''Falcon'' was with the {{UK-DF|6}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 311.</ref>
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On 28 October, 1914, while screening the battleship {{UK-Venerable}} during bombardment of the Belgian coast, a German 8-in shell struck the muzzle of a 6-pdr and killed her captain, Wauton, and injured fully a third of her crew.  Sub-Lieutenant [[C. J. Du Boulay]] took command and was able to lead her clear of further danger.{{HardLying|pp. 63-4}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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* Lieutenant in Command [[Hubert O. Wanton]], 29 October, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 313.</ref>
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* Lieutenant in Command [[Hubert O. Wauton]], 29 October, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 313.</ref>
 
* Lieutenant in Command [[Edward M. C. Rutherfoord]], 31 October, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 316.</ref>
 
* Lieutenant in Command [[Edward M. C. Rutherfoord]], 31 October, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 316.</ref>
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 11:34, 17 December 2013

H.M.S. Falcon (1899)
Pendant Number: P.31 (1914)
D.54 (Sep 1915)
D.36 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 28 Jun, 1899[4]
Launched: 1899
Commissioned: Dec, 1901[5]
Collision: 1 Apr, 1918[6]
Fate: in North Sea[7]

H.M.S. Falcon was one of forty destroyers of the "C" class — a "30 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, Falcon was with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

On 28 October, 1914, while screening the battleship Venerable during bombardment of the Belgian coast, a German 8-in shell struck the muzzle of a 6-pdr and killed her captain, Wauton, and injured fully a third of her crew. Sub-Lieutenant C. J. Du Boulay took command and was able to lead her clear of further danger.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  7. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. Table 4.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 311.
  9. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 63-4.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 313.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 316.

Bibliography


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