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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|nick=Anselan J. B. Stirling|appt=1 October, 1912{{NLOct14|p. 380''a''}}<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=6 October, 1914<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|nick=Anselan J. B. Stirling|appt=1 October, 1912{{NLOct14|p. 380''a''}}<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=6 October, 1914<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Loftus William Jones|nick=Loftus W. Jones|appt=9 October, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 380''a''. ''The Navy List'' consistently say 1912, but I think it is 1914, as he first appears with ''Shark'' in the November 1914 edition}}|end=31 May, 1916|note=killed while in command in the [[Battle of Jutland]]|succBy=Vessel Lost}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Loftus William Jones|nick=Loftus W. Jones|appt=9 October, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 380''a''. ''The Navy List'' consistently say 1912, but I think it is 1914, as he first appears with ''Shark'' in the November 1914 edition}}|end=31 May, 1916|note=killed while in command in the [[Battle of Jutland]]|succBy=Vessel Lost}} | ||
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Revision as of 09:46, 4 November 2015
| H.M.S. Shark (1912) | |
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| Pendant Number: | H.04 (1914)[1] |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter[2] |
| Launched: | 30 Jul, 1912[3] |
| Completed: | Apr, 1913[4] |
| Sunk: | 31 May, 1916[5] |
| Fate: | in Battle of Jutland |
H.M.S. Shark was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.
She was lost at the Battle of Jutland. There was a later destroyer named Shark, as well.
Service
In mid-1913, she was operating with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
At the Battle of Jutland, she was lost in night action while operating with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Commander Loftus William Jones.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Anselan J. B. Stirling, 1 October, 1912[8][9] – 6 October, 1914[10]
- Commander Loftus W. Jones, 9 October, 1914[11] – 31 May, 1916 (killed while in command in the Battle of Jutland)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 375.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 380a.
- ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
- ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 380a. The Navy List consistently say 1912, but I think it is 1914, as he first appears with Shark in the November 1914 edition.
Bibliography
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