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Revision as of 09:18, 28 April 2017

H.M.S. Hornet (1893)
Builder: Yarrow[1]
Ordered: 1892[2]
Laid down: Jul, 1892[3]
Launched: 23 Dec, 1893[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1894[5]
Broken up: 1909[6]

H.M.S. Hornet was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "26 knotter".

Like many of the "A" class boats, she was broken up before the war.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  7. Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
  8. Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 23 September, 1897. Issue 35316, col C, p. 8.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 258.
  11. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
  12. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
  13. Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
  14. Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 328.
  16. Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  17. Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  18. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 328.

Bibliography


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