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'''H.M.S. ''Shark''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]]. | '''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-1Shark}} | + | She was lost at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. She was launched in 1912, one year after the previous {{UK-3Shark|f=p}}, an old 27-knotter, was scrapped. There was a later destroyer named {{UK-1Shark}} launched in 1918. |
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
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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}} | 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}} | ||
| − | + | ''Shark'' was lost in night action of the [[Battle of Jutland]] while operating with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{CommRN}} [[Loftus William Jones]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}} | |
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 13:07, 23 June 2021
| 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. She was launched in 1912, one year after the previous H.M.S. Shark, an old 27-knotter, was scrapped. There was a later destroyer named Shark launched in 1918.
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]
Shark was lost in night action of the Battle of Jutland while operating with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Commander Loftus William Jones.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Anselan J. B. Stirling, 1 October, 1912[9][10] – 6 October, 1914[11]
- Commander Harold V. Dundas, 1 August, 1914[12] – August, 1914[13]
- Commander Loftus W. Jones, 9 October, 1914[14] – 31 May, 1916 (fought in Scarborough Raid, but 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.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume II. pp. 26-30.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
- ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
- ↑ 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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