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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Gwyn Moreton Meredyth|nick=Arthur G. M. Meredyth|appt=3 November, 1898<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 1 November, 1898. Issue '''35662''', col F, p. 10.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Gwyn Moreton Meredyth|nick=Arthur G. M. Meredyth|appt=3 November, 1898<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 1 November, 1898. Issue '''35662''', col F, p. 10.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morgan Singer|nick=Morgan Singer|appt=3 October, 1899<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 16 October, 1899. Issue '''35961''', col D, p. 10.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morgan Singer|nick=Morgan Singer|appt=3 October, 1899<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 16 October, 1899. Issue '''35961''', col D, p. 10.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|nick=Douglas R. M. Nicholson|appt=11 January, | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|nick=Douglas R. M. Nicholson|appt=11 January, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 28 December, 1900. Issue '''36337''', col D, p. 5.</ref><ref>Nicholson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 457.</ref>|note=also in command of {{UK-Spiteful}}}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|nick=Lewis G. E. Crabbe|appt=30 September, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 6 October, 1903. Issue '''37204''', col D, p. 8.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|nick=Lewis G. E. Crabbe|appt=30 September, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 6 October, 1903. Issue '''37204''', col D, p. 8.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=William Hamilton Heath Sinclair Thomson|nick=William H. H. S. Thomson|appt=26 July, 1906<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 27 July, 1906. Issue '''38,083''', col F, p. 5.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=William Hamilton Heath Sinclair Thomson|nick=William H. H. S. Thomson|appt=26 July, 1906<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 27 July, 1906. Issue '''38,083''', col F, p. 5.</ref>}} |
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H.M.S. Flying Fish (1897) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.86 (1914) D.57 (Sep 1915) D.40 (Jan 1918) H.69 (Sep 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Palmer[2] |
Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 9 Aug, 1896[4] |
Launched: | 4 Mar, 1897[5] |
Commissioned: | Jun, 1898[6] |
Sold: | Aug, 1919[7] |
H.M.S. Flying Fish was one of forty destroyers of the "C" class — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, she was operating with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Arthur G. M. Meredyth, 3 November, 1898[9]
- Commander Morgan Singer, 3 October, 1899[10]
- Commander Douglas R. M. Nicholson, 11 January, 1901[11][12] (also in command of Spiteful)
- Lieutenant & Commander Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 30 September, 1903[13]
- Lieutenant & Commander William H. H. S. Thomson, 26 July, 1906[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander Michael K. H. Kennedy, 26 November, 1910[15]
- Lieutenant & Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 14 August, 1913[16]
- Lieutenant in Command Philip W. S. King, 3 February, 1914[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Philip W. S. King, 19 May, 1914[18]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William H. Dunster, August, 1916[19]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Percy Younghusband, 21 October, 1918[20]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Geoffrey A. Robinson, 26 November, 1918[21]
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. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 303.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 November, 1898. Issue 35662, col F, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 16 October, 1899. Issue 35961, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 28 December, 1900. Issue 36337, col D, p. 5.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 6 October, 1903. Issue 37204, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 27 July, 1906. Issue 38,083, col F, p. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 315.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 315.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394e.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393v.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 795.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.
Bibliography
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