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− | <div name=fredbot:career> | + | <div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Skirmisher'' (1905)|fate2=to Ward, Preston{{DittColl|p. 44}} |
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|pend=D.55 (1914)<br>P.55 (Sep 1915)<br>N.95 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 44}} | |pend=D.55 (1914)<br>P.55 (Sep 1915)<br>N.95 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 44}} | ||
− | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | + | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Skirmisher''''' was one of eight [[Sentinel Class Cruiser (1904)|''Sentinel'' class]] [[Scout Cruiser]]s completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1905. |
+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | ''Skirmisher'' led eleven T.B.Ds., many of them new "River" class ships, of the Devonport Reserve from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.{{NMI|Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p. 9}} | ||
− | + | As part of the Channel Fleet, ''Skirmisher'' started a refit in Devonport in August 1908, after Battle Practice.<ref>Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in ''Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office'' at {{TNA|ADM 116/942}}, unnumbered folio halfway within series.</ref> | |
− | + | ''Skirmisher'' re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 July, 1913 for manoeuvres, destined for {{UK-DF|7}} afterward.{{NLAug13|p. 376}} | |
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
− | Dates of appointment | + | Dates of appointment are provided when known. |
− | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Skirmisher''"> | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=24 July, 1905<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|end=1 January, 1907<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} for command of torpedo craft in reserve at Devonport|precBy=New Command}} | |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt|appt=2 January, 1907<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>|end=2 January, 1908<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Reeves|nick=Edward Reeves|appt=2 January, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 376}}<ref>Reeves Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 57.</ref>|end=4 January, 1910<ref>Reeves Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 57.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=4 January, 1910<ref>Farie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 376}}|end=16 January, 1912<ref>Farie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|nick=William H. D. Boyle|appt=16 January, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 376}}|end=18 April, 1913<ref>Boyle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 419.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Barnes Sparks|nick=John B. Sparks|appt=1 July, 1913{{NLAug13|p. 376}}<ref>Sparks Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>|end=2 September, 1913<ref>Sparks Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=7 October, 1913<ref>St. John Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>{{NLFeb14|p. 374}}|end=5 March, 1914<ref>St. John Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D) {{UK-DF|7}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Clifton Brown|nick=Francis C. Brown|appt=21 March, 1914<ref>Brown Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 398''b''}}|end=5 May, 1915<ref>Brown Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Clifton Brown|nick=Francis C. Brown|appt=16 May, 1915<ref>Brown Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>|end=8 June, 1916<ref>Brown Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/445.|D7602763}} f. 496.</ref>|note=continuing as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Winstanley Robert Coverdale Moorsom|nick=Winstanley R. C. Moorsom|appt=8 June, 1916|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=15 June, 1916<ref>Cochrane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''y''}}|end=July, 1918<ref>Cochrane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morshead Buchanan Baillie-Hamilton|nick=Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton|appt=July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 908}}|end=21 July, 1919}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Skirmisher_(1905)}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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H.M.S. Skirmisher (1905) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.55 (1914) P.55 (Sep 1915) N.95 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Vickers, Barrow[2] |
Laid down: | 29 Jul, 1903[3] |
Launched: | 7 Feb, 1905[4] |
Commissioned: | Jul, 1905[5] |
Sold: | 3 Mar, 1920[6] |
Fate: | to Ward, Preston[7] |
Service
Skirmisher led eleven T.B.Ds., many of them new "River" class ships, of the Devonport Reserve from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.[8]
As part of the Channel Fleet, Skirmisher started a refit in Devonport in August 1908, after Battle Practice.[9]
Skirmisher re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 July, 1913 for manoeuvres, destined for Seventh Destroyer Flotilla afterward.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Walter H. Cowan, 24 July, 1905[11] – 1 January, 1907[12] (and as Commodore, Second Class for command of torpedo craft in reserve at Devonport)
- Commander Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 2 January, 1907[13] – 2 January, 1908[14]
- Commander Edward Reeves, 2 January, 1908[15][16] – 4 January, 1910[17]
- Commander James U. Farie, 4 January, 1910[18][19] – 16 January, 1912[20]
- Commander William H. D. Boyle, 16 January, 1912[21] – 18 April, 1913[22]
- Commander John B. Sparks, 1 July, 1913[23][24] – 2 September, 1913[25]
- Captain Francis G. St. John, 7 October, 1913[26][27] – 5 March, 1914[28] (and as Captain (D) Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Francis C. Brown, 21 March, 1914[29][30] – 5 May, 1915[31] (and as Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Francis C. Brown, 16 May, 1915[32] – 8 June, 1916[33] (continuing as Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander (N) Winstanley R. C. Moorsom, 8 June, 1916
- Acting Captain Archibald Cochrane, 15 June, 1916[34][35] – July, 1918[36]
- Commander Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton, July, 1918[37] – 21 July, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p. 9.
- ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 376.
- ↑ Reeves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 57.
- ↑ Reeves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 57.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 376.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 419.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
- ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 374.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398b.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397y.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
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