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| − | + | She was operated with the {{UK-DF|1}} from at least April, 1912 through about November, 1916. | |
On 28 October 1915, she and {{UK-Hornet}} stood by the {{UK-Argyll|f=t}}, which had run hard aground in stormy seas on Bell Rock off Dundee. Commander Bingham boldly approached the stricken cruiser and kept ''Hornet'' alongside while groups of men leapt from the grounded vessel to his deck. Not a man was lost in the daring rescue.{{HardLying|p. 122}} | On 28 October 1915, she and {{UK-Hornet}} stood by the {{UK-Argyll|f=t}}, which had run hard aground in stormy seas on Bell Rock off Dundee. Commander Bingham boldly approached the stricken cruiser and kept ''Hornet'' alongside while groups of men leapt from the grounded vessel to his deck. Not a man was lost in the daring rescue.{{HardLying|p. 122}} | ||
| − | + | From November 1916 ''Jackal'' spent some time in an escort flotilla based in Portsmouth. In June, 1917 she joined the {{UK-DF|2}}, which was operating out of Devonport. | |
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| + | In November 1917 she joined the {{UK-DF|5}}, which was operating in the Mediterranean. Ordered home in February, 1919. | ||
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| + | ''Jackal'' was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 794}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 5 October 2021
| H.M.S. Jackal (1911) | |
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| Pendant Number: | H.55 (1914) H.44 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | 1910-11 Programme[3] |
| Launched: | 9 Sep, 1911[4] |
| Completed: | Jan, 1912[5] |
| Sold: | 28 Sep, 1920[6] |
H.M.S. Jackal was one of 29 destroyers of the Acheron class.
Radio
She was one of eighteen Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[7]
Service
She was operated with the First Destroyer Flotilla from at least April, 1912 through about November, 1916.
On 28 October 1915, she and Hornet stood by the armoured cruiser Argyll, which had run hard aground in stormy seas on Bell Rock off Dundee. Commander Bingham boldly approached the stricken cruiser and kept Hornet alongside while groups of men leapt from the grounded vessel to his deck. Not a man was lost in the daring rescue.[8]
From November 1916 Jackal spent some time in an escort flotilla based in Portsmouth. In June, 1917 she joined the Second Destroyer Flotilla, which was operating out of Devonport.
In November 1917 she joined the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, which was operating in the Mediterranean. Ordered home in February, 1919.
Jackal was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander John C. Hodgson, 18 January, 1912[10][11] – 6 January, 1915[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander John C. Tovey, 6 January, 1915[13][14] – 7 May, 1916[15]
- Lieutenant in Command Alban T. B. Curteis, April, 1916[16] – 21 April, 1917[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur M. Roberts, 21 April, 1917[18] – 10 March, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 122.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 794.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 340.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395e.
- ↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
- ↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395n.
- ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 823.
Bibliography
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