H.M.S. Racoon (1910)

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H.M.S. Racoon (1910)
Pendant Number: H.A7 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Ordered: 1908-09 Programme[3]
Launched: 15 Feb, 1910[4]
Completed: Oct, 1910[5]
Wrecked: 9 Jan, 1918[6]

H.M.S. Racoon was one of 16 destroyers of the Beagle class.

Service

In mid-1913 she was active with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

In mid-1914 it was decided that she, along with two of her sisters while they were apparently on Mediterranean service, was not to have a platform fitted abaft the 4-in gun.[8]

On 8 March, 1915, Racoon was damaged by an underwater shell-burst when she and several other destroyers went to the aid of the mined battleship Ocean.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  3. March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 365.
  8. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 39 of 19 June, 1914.
  9. Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 376a.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397h.
  12. Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144. f. 56.
  13. Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144. f. 56.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397f.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397g.
  16. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 446-7.

Bibliography


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