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{{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>|end=11 January, 1901<ref>Singer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 220.</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>|end=11 January, 1901<ref>Singer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 220.</ref>}}
 
{{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={{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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Percival Buckle|nick=Hugh P. Buckle|appt=16 December, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Friday, 6 December 1901. (36631), p. 6.</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=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={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Herbert Morgan|nick=Charles H. Morgan|appt=24 August, 1905<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Herbert Morgan|nick=Charles H. Morgan|appt=24 August, 1905<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>}}

Revision as of 16:06, 26 June 2015

H.M.S. Flying Fish (1897)
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

With some ambiguity, it somehow seems that Flying Fish and Spiteful shared commanders Nicholson and Sparks.

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. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 303.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 November, 1898. Issue 35662, col F, p. 10.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 16 October, 1899. Issue 35961, col D, p. 10.
  11. Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 220.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 28 December, 1900. Issue 36337, col D, p. 5.
  13. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  14. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 6 December 1901. (36631), p. 6.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 6 October, 1903. Issue 37204, col D, p. 8.
  16. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  17. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  18. Holden Service Record, in our PDF for Hugh Justin Tweedie. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 331.
  19. Holden Service Record, in our PDF for Hugh Justin Tweedie. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 331.
  20. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 27 July, 1906. Issue 38,083, col F, p. 5.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.
  22. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 315.
  23. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 315.
  24. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394e.
  25. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393v.
  26. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 795.
  27. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.

Bibliography


"C" Class Destroyer
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Flying Fish Fawn Flirt Bullfinch Dove
Violet Sylvia Lee Avon Bittern
Otter Leopard Vixen Brazen Electra
Recruit Vulture Kestrel Cheerful Mermaid
Greyhound Racehorse Roebuck Gipsy Fairy
Osprey Leven Falcon Ostrich Thorn
Tiger Vigilant Albatross Viper Velox
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