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'''H.M.S. ''Hind''''' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|Acheron class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Hind''''' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].
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==Radio==
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She was one of 18 [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class destroyers]] fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with [[British Wireless Systems#Destroyer Set|Destroyer Sets]].{{ARTS1912|Wireless Appendix, p. 6}}
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==Service==
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''Hind'' joined the {{UK-DF|1}} sometime before February, 1913.
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In June 1914, planned alterations in [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]], when the ship was presumably serving with the {{UK-DF|1}} were to be deferred:{{AWO1914|36 of 19 June, 1914}}
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* removal of strips under cocoanut matting
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* fitting of boom to stern
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* addition of loading lights to guns
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In July, 1914, ''Hind'' was serving in {{UK-DF|1}}, part of First Fleet.{{AWO1914|109 of 10 July, 1914}}
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In May of 1916, ''Hind'' left 1 D.F. with seven other destroyers to screen the {{UK-BS|3}}.  Around September, this new formation would be given the designation of 1. D.F..
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In August 1917, ''Hind'' was sent to the {{UK-DF|4}}, which was operating out of Devonport.
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In March, 1918, she joined the {{UK-DF|5}}, a formation then numbering over forty destroyers in the Mediterranean.
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She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 13 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 787}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Corlett|nick=Geoffrey Corlett|appt=15 November, 1911<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.|D7603754}} f. 252.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 394''p''}}|end=7 May, 1916<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.|D7603754}} f. 252.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Joseph Woodward|nick=Hugh J. Woodward|appt=24 June, 1915<ref>Woodward Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83.|D7576681}} f. 211.</ref>|end=21 July, 1915<ref>Woodward Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83.|D7576681}} f. 211.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Desmond Maxwell|nick=Desmond Maxwell|appt=April, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 395''e''}}|ass=7 May, 1916<ref>Maxwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/256.|D7604668}} f. ?.</ref>|end=12 November, 1916<ref>Maxwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/256.|D7604668}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frank Alan Rothera|nick=Frank A. Rothera|appt=12 November, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 394''k''}}|end=July, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Basil Edward Reinold|nick=Basil E. Reinold|appt=July, 1917<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/7.|D7603911}} f. 410.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 394''k''}}|end=27 December, 1917<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/7.|D7603911}} f. 410.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Bush|nick=Charles F. Bush|appt=28 December, 1917<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>|end=20 March, 1918<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edmund Johnstone|nick=Edmund Johnstone|appt=20 March, 1918|end=November, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=November, 1918<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>{{NLJul19|p. 814}}|end=9 July, 1919<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harold Percy Keeley|nick=Harold P. Keeley|appt=c. 9 July, 1919|end=2 September, 1919}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 16:41, 5 April 2018

H.M.S. Hind (1911)
Pendant Number: H.47 (1914)
H.40 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 28 Jul, 1911[4]
Completed: Dec, 1911[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]
Fate: Broken up Jun 1924[7]

H.M.S. Hind was one of 29 destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[8]

Service

Hind joined the First Destroyer Flotilla sometime before February, 1913.

In June 1914, planned alterations in Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, when the ship was presumably serving with the First Destroyer Flotilla were to be deferred:[9]

  • removal of strips under cocoanut matting
  • fitting of boom to stern
  • addition of loading lights to guns

In July, 1914, Hind was serving in First Destroyer Flotilla, part of First Fleet.[10]

In May of 1916, Hind left 1 D.F. with seven other destroyers to screen the Third Battle Squadron. Around September, this new formation would be given the designation of 1. D.F..

In August 1917, Hind was sent to the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, which was operating out of Devonport.

In March, 1918, she joined the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, a formation then numbering over forty destroyers in the Mediterranean.

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 13 October, 1919.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  9. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 36 of 19 June, 1914.
  10. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 787.
  12. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394p.
  14. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  15. Woodward Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83. f. 211.
  16. Woodward Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83. f. 211.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395e.
  18. Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
  19. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394k.
  20. Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/7. f. 410.
  21. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394k.
  22. Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/7. f. 410.
  23. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  24. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  25. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 814.
  27. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.

Bibliography


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