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|launch=4 Mar, 1897{{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
|launch=4 Mar, 1897{{DittColl|p. 57}}
|builder=[[Palmer]]{{DittColl|p. 57}}
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|builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]{{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
|laid=9 Aug, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 94}}
 
|laid=9 Aug, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 94}}
 
|fatedate=Aug, 1919{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 303}}
 
|fatedate=Aug, 1919{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 303}}
 
|pend=P.86 (1914)<br>D.57 (Sep 1915)<br>D.40 (Jan 1918)<br>H.69 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
|pend=P.86 (1914)<br>D.57 (Sep 1915)<br>D.40 (Jan 1918)<br>H.69 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
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'''H.M.S. ''Flying Fish''''' was one of forty destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Flying Fish''''' was one of forty [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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With some ambiguity, it somehow seems that ''Flying Fish'' and {{UK-1Spiteful}} shared commanders Nicholson and Sparks.
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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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>}}
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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>|end=3 November, 1899}}
 
{{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}}}}
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{{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-1Spiteful}}}}
{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Percival Buckle|nick=Hugh P. Buckle|appt=16 December, 1901<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Friday, 6 December 1901. (36631), p. 6.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 257}}|end=23 October, 1903<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</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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{{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>|end=c. 23 October, 1903<ref>Crabbe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/168.|D7603675}} f. 169.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 316}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Michael Kavanagh Horsley Kennedy|nick=Michael K. H. Kennedy|appt=26 November, 1910{{NLJul13|p. 316}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest Edward Parker|nick=Ernest E. Parker|appt=23 October, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 316}}|end=28 November, 1904}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=14 August, 1913{{NLDec13|p. 315}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Barry Stewart Bingham|nick=The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham|appt=August, 1905<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>|note=temporarily loaned}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Philip Wilfred Sidney King|nick=Philip W. S. King|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 315}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Herbert Morgan|nick=Charles H. Morgan|appt=24 August, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 316}}<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>|note=and as Commander (D), Torpedo Craft in Commission in Reserve}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Philip Wilfred Sidney King|nick=Philip W. S. King|appt=19 May, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 394''e''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Henry Holden Holden|nick=George H. H. Holden|appt=28 May, 1906<ref>Holden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/295.|D7603080}} f. 331.</ref>|end=26 July, 1906<ref>Holden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/295.|D7603080}} f. 331.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} R.N.R. in Command|name=William Henry Dunster|nick=William H. Dunster|appt=August, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 393''v''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Hamilton Heath Sinclair Thomson|nick=William H. H. S. Thomson|appt=28 March, 1905|end=10 April, 1905|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command|name=Percy Younghusband|nick=Percy Younghusband|appt=21 October, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 795}}}}
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{{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>{{NLMar07|p. 316}}|end=21 May, 1908}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command|name=Geoffrey Ansolm Robinson|nick=Geoffrey A. Robinson|appt=26 November, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 795}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Charles Lloyd Owen|nick=Reginald C. L. Owen|appt=21 May, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 317}}|end=21 January, 1909}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Philip Russell|nick=Geoffrey P. Russell|appt=21 January, 1909{{NLJul09|p. 317}}|end=18 October, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gordon Alston Coles|nick=Gordon A. Coles|appt=19 October, 1909<ref>Coles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/167.|D7603674}}  f. 168.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 317}}|end=12 January, 1910<ref>Coles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/167.|D7603674}}  f. 168.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Stronack Foster Forbes|nick=William S. F. Forbes|appt=12 January, 1910|end=1 February, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Pelham Champion|nick=John P. Champion|appt=1 February, 1910|end=26 November, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Michael Kavanagh Horsley Kennedy|nick=Michael K. H. Kennedy|appt=26 November, 1910<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/97.|D7604196}} f. 52.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 316}}|end=14 August, 1913<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/97.|D7604196}} f. 52.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Montague Robert Bernard|nick=Montague R. Bernard|appt=2 July, 1912<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/96.|D7604195}} f. ?.</ref>|end=29 July, 1912<ref>Bernard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/96.|D7604195}} f. ?.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=14 August, 1913<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLDec13|p. 315}}|end=3 December, 1913<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Philip Wilfred Sidney King|nick=Philip W. S. King|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 315}}|end=6 April, 1914<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/146.|D7604245}} f. 79.</ref>|note=followed by about a month in dockyard hands}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Philip Wilfred Sidney King|nick=Philip W. S. King|appt=19 May, 1914<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/146.|D7604245}} f. 79.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 394''e''}}|end=24 October, 1915<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/146.|D7604245}} f. 79.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Henry Jauncey|nick=John H. Jauncey|appt=24 October, 1915<ref>Jauncey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>|end=10 February, 1916<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=William Henry Dunster|nick=William H. Dunster|appt=24 January, 1916<ref>Dunster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/55/50.|C14618789}} f. 50.</ref>|end=31 May, 1917<ref>Dunster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/55/50.|C14618789}} f. 50.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=William Henry Dunster|nick=William H. Dunster|appt=5 December, 1917<ref>Dunster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/55/50.|C14618789}} f. 50.</ref>|end=28 February, 1918<ref>Dunster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/55/50.|C14618789}} f. 50.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Robert Melvill Gardner|nick=Robert M. Gardner|appt=28 February, 1918|end=mid October, 1918{{FC}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command|name=Percy Younghusband|nick=Percy Younghusband|appt=21 October, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 795}}|end=26 November, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 795}}{{NLFeb19|p. 795}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command|name=Geoffrey Ansolm Robinson|nick=Geoffrey A. Robinson|appt=26 November, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 795}}|end=}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Flying_Fish_(1897)}}
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Revision as of 13:22, 25 September 2018

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 Shipbuilding and Iron Company[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 "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — 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. Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
  15. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 6 December 1901. (36631), p. 6.
  16. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 257.
  17. Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
  18. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 6 October, 1903. Issue 37204, col D, p. 8.
  19. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  20. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 316.
  21. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 316.
  22. Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  23. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 316.
  24. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  25. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  26. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 331.
  27. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 331.
  28. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 27 July, 1906. Issue 38,083, col F, p. 5.
  29. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 316.
  30. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 317.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 317.
  32. Coles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/167. f. 168.
  33. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 317.
  34. Coles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/167. f. 168.
  35. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/97. f. 52.
  36. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.
  37. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/97. f. 52.
  38. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
  39. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
  40. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  41. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 315.
  42. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  43. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 315.
  44. King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/146. f. 79.
  45. King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/146. f. 79.
  46. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394e.
  47. King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/146. f. 79.
  48. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  49. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  50. Dunster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/50. f. 50.
  51. Dunster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/50. f. 50.
  52. Dunster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/50. f. 50.
  53. Dunster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/50. f. 50.
  54. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 795.
  55. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 795.
  56. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.
  57. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.

Bibliography


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