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* {{CommRN}} [[Anselan J. B. Stirling]], 1 October, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 373.</ref>
 
* {{CommRN}} [[Anselan J. B. Stirling]], 1 October, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 373.</ref>
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* {{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.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 17:23, 17 July 2013

H.M.S. Shark (1912)
Pendant Number: H.04 (1914)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Launched: 30 Jul, 1912[3]
Sunk: 31 May, 1916[4]
Fate: in Battle of Jutland

H.M.S. Shark was one of 20 destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was operating with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[5]

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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 375.
  6. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 373.
  7. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 380a.

Bibliography


Acasta Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Thornycroft Specials
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Other Specials
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