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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
In mid-1913, she was with {{UK-DF|7}}, a patrol flotilla.{{NLJul13|p. 341}}
 
In mid-1913, she was with {{UK-DF|7}}, a patrol flotilla.{{NLJul13|p. 341}}
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By May 1919, ''Locust'' was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.{{NLMay19|pp. 1105, 1105''b''}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Locust''">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Locust''">
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hepworth Staley Alton|nick=Hepworth S. Alton|appt=9 January, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jan 10, 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36348.</ref>|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hepworth Staley Alton|nick=Hepworth S. Alton|appt=9 January, 1901{{NMI|Thursday, Jan 10, 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36348}}|end=19 August, 1901<ref>Alton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/296.|}} f. 298.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Stephen Herbert Radcliffe|nick=Stephen H. Radcliffe|appt=2 February, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 276}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Stephen Herbert Radcliffe|nick=Stephen H. Radcliffe|appt=2 February, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 276}}|end=|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Harvey|nick=John Harvey|appt=5 December, 1901|end=30 December, 1901|note=sick at end}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Harvey|nick=John Harvey|appt=5 December, 1901|end=30 December, 1901|note=sick at end}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|nick=Arthur B. S. Dutton|appt=3 April, 1902<ref>Dutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>|end=20 October, 1903<ref>Dutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|nick=Arthur B. S. Dutton|appt=3 April, 1902<ref>Dutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>|end=20 October, 1903<ref>Dutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Claude Lionel Cumberlege|nick=Claude L. Cumberlege|appt=5 October, 1905<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>|end=9 January, 1906<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Claude Lionel Cumberlege|nick=Claude L. Cumberlege|appt=5 October, 1905<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>|end=9 January, 1906<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Harold Victor Dundas|nick=Harold V. Dundas|appt=10 January, 1906<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7603125}}  f. 384.</ref>|ass=15 January, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 341}}|end=17 October, 1907<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7603125}}  f. 384.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Harold Victor Dundas|nick=Harold V. Dundas|appt=10 January, 1906<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7603125}}  f. 384.</ref>|ass=15 January, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 341}}|end=17 October, 1907<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7603125}}  f. 384.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Richard Tickell|nick=Hugh R. Tickell|appt=28 May, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 341}}|end=}}
 
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=7 October, 1907<ref>Prentis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=12 March, 1908<ref>Prentis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=7 October, 1907<ref>Prentis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=12 March, 1908<ref>Prentis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Berwick Curtis|nick=Berwick Curtis|appt=12 March, 1908<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 341}}|end=26 August, 1909<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Berwick Curtis|nick=Berwick Curtis|appt=12 March, 1908<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 341}}|end=26 August, 1909<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Clement Richard Dane|nick=Clement R. Dane|appt=11 January, 1912<ref>Dane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/34.|D7604133}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLApr14|p. 340}}|end=28 June, 1914<ref>Dane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/34.|D7604133}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Clement Richard Dane|nick=Clement R. Dane|appt=11 January, 1912<ref>Dane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/34.|D7604133}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLApr14|p. 340}}|end=28 June, 1914<ref>Dane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/34.|D7604133}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edye Kington Boddam-Whetham|nick=Edye K. Boddam-Whetham|appt=25 June, 1914<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 395''n''}}|end=23 November, 1915<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edye Kington Boddam-Whetham|nick=Edye K. Boddam-Whetham|appt=25 June, 1914<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 395''n''}}|end=23 November, 1915<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Alfred Harvey Denholm Young|nick=Alfred H. D. Young|appt=14 July, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 395''ww''}}|end=23 October, 1916{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Alfred Harvey Denholm Young|nick=Alfred H. D. Young|appt=14 July, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 395''ww''}}|end=23 October, 1916<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/204.|}} f. 205.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Reginald Arthur Woodward|nick=Reginald A. Woodward|appt=23 October, 1916<ref>Woodward Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/53/217.|C14618456}} f. 217.</ref>|end=18 June, 1917<ref>Woodward Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/53/217.|C14618456}} f. 217.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Reginald Arthur Woodward|nick=Reginald A. Woodward|appt=23 October, 1916<ref>Woodward Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/53/217.|C14618456}} f. 217.</ref>|end=18 June, 1917<ref>Woodward Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/53/217.|C14618456}} f. 217.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Leslie Mann|nick=Leslie Mann|appt=7 June, 1917{{NLAug17|p. 395''f''}}|end=23 July, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Leslie Mann|nick=Leslie Mann|appt=7 June, 1917<ref>Mann Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/158.|}} f. 158.</ref>{{NLAug17|p. 395''f''}}|end=23 July, 1917<ref>Mann Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/158.|}} f. 158.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=William Legh Pope|nick=William L. Pope|appt=7 September, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 395''f''}}|end=early 1918{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=William Legh Pope|nick=William L. Pope|appt=7 September, 1917<ref>Pope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/57/99.}} f. 99.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 395''f''}}|end=31 January, 1918<ref>Pope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/57/99.}} f. 99.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Horace Leslie Vicary|nick=Horace L. Vicary|appt=30 March, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 834}}|end=21 February, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Horace Leslie Vicary|nick=Horace L. Vicary|appt=3 April, 1918<ref>Vicary Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/145.|}} f. 145.</ref>|end=21 February, 1919<ref>Vicary Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/145.|}} f. 145.</ref>}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
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The conflict between Alton and Radcliffe is noted.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 10:36, 20 April 2022

H.M.S. Locust (1896)
Pendant Number: D.29 (1914)
D.84 (Sep 1915)
D.54 (Jan 1918)
H.02 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 20 Apr, 1896[4]
Launched: 5 Dec, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Jul, 1898[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

H.M.S. Locust was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, she was with Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, a patrol flotilla.[8]

By May 1919, Locust was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

The conflict between Alton and Radcliffe is noted.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 341.
  9. The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jan 10, 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36348.
  11. Alton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/296. f. 298.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 276.
  13. Dutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 258.
  14. Dutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 258.
  15. Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/160. f. 178.
  16. Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/160. f. 178.
  17. Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
  18. Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
  19. Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  20. Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  21. Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
  22. Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
  23. Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  24. Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  25. Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 341.
  27. Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 341.
  29. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  30. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  31. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 341.
  32. Dane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/34. f. ?.
  33. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 340.
  34. Dane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/34. f. ?.
  35. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  36. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395n.
  37. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  38. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395ww.
  39. Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/204. f. 205.
  40. Woodward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/217. f. 217.
  41. Woodward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/217. f. 217.
  42. Mann Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/158. f. 158.
  43. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395f.
  44. Mann Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/158. f. 158.
  45. Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/99. f. 99.
  46. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395f.
  47. Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/99. f. 99.
  48. Vicary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/145. f. 145.
  49. Vicary Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/145. f. 145.

Bibliography


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