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'''H.M.S. ''Shark''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Shark''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
  
She was lost at the [[Battle of Jutland]].  There was a later destroyer named {{UK-Shark}}, as well.
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She was lost at the [[Battle of Jutland]].  There was a later destroyer named {{UK-1Shark}}, as well.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
In mid-1913, she was operating with the {{UK-DF|3}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 375.</ref>
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In mid-1913, she was operating with the {{UK-DF|3}}.{{NLJul13|p. 375}}
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Under command of [[Loftus William Jones|Loftus W. Jones]], ''Shark'' was one of seven ''Acasta'' class destroyers of the {{UK-DF|4}} that saw action during the [[Scarborough Raid]] on 16 December 1914, acting as one of three destroyers in the second division.{{UKNavalOpsII|pp. 26-30}}
  
 
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was lost in night action while operating with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{CommRN}} [[Loftus William Jones]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
 
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she was lost in night action while operating with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{CommRN}} [[Loftus William Jones]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Anselan J. B. Stirling]], 1 October, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 373.</ref>
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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}}
* {{CommRN}} [[Loftus William Jones]], 9 October, 1912,<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 380a.</ref> killed aboard her in the [[Battle of Jutland]] and awarded the Victoria Cross.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Victor Dundas|nick=Harold V. Dundas|appt=1 August, 1914<ref>Dundas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7603125}}  f. 384.</ref>|end=August, 1914<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7603125}}  f. 384.</ref>}}
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{{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=fought in [[Scarborough Raid]], but killed while in command in the [[Battle of Jutland]]|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [[Fourth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
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Revision as of 15:25, 19 April 2018

H.M.S. Shark (1912)
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]

Under command of Loftus W. Jones, Shark was one of seven Acasta class destroyers of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla that saw action during the Scarborough Raid on 16 December 1914, acting as one of three destroyers in the second division.[7]

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.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 375.
  7. Naval Operations. Volume II. pp. 26-30.
  8. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 380a.
  10. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  11. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  12. Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
  13. Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
  14. 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.

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