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|order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 94}}
 
|order=1895-96 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 94}}
 
|name=Star
 
|name=Star
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|fate=Sold
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|fatedate=10 Jun, 1919
 
|launch=11 Aug, 1896{{DittColl|p. 58}}
 
|launch=11 Aug, 1896{{DittColl|p. 58}}
|builder=[[Palmer]]{{DittColl|p. 58}}
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|builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]{{DittColl|p. 58}}
 
|laid=23 Mar, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 94}}
 
|laid=23 Mar, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 94}}
 
|pend=P.07 (1914)<br>D.68 (Sep 1915)<br>D.79 (Jan 1918)<br>H.07 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 58}}
 
|pend=P.07 (1914)<br>D.68 (Sep 1915)<br>D.79 (Jan 1918)<br>H.07 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 58}}
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==Service==
 
==Service==
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She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1909]].{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9}}
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She, {{UK-Flirt}} and {{UK-Hecla}} of the {{UK-DF|4}} were paid off on 30 April 1912 and re-commissioned the following day.{{NMI|29 Apr. 1912, p. 14}}
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In mid-1913, she was operating with the {{UK-DF|6}} &mdash; a patrol flotilla.{{NLJul13|p. 378}}
 
In mid-1913, she was operating with the {{UK-DF|6}} &mdash; a patrol flotilla.{{NLJul13|p. 378}}
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By May 1919, ''Star'' was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.{{NLMay19|pp. 1105, 1105''b''}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Star''">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Star''">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Bertram Sutton Evans|nick=Bertram S. Evans|appt=6 January, 1900<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 2 January, 1900.  Issue '''36028''', col E, p. 7.</ref>|end=1 March, 1902{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Bertram Sutton Evans|nick=Bertram S. Evans|appt=6 January, 1900<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 2 January, 1900.  Issue '''36028''', col E, p. 7.</ref>|end=1 March, 1902{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Willcox Osburn|nick=Henry W. Osburn|appt=27 August, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 28 August 1901. (36545), p. 8.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Alexander Ingles|nick=John A. Ingles|appt=27 August, 1901|end=25 April, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James William Guy Innes|nick=James W. G. Innes|appt=1 March, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 21 February 1902. (36697), p. 9.</ref>|end=mid March, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Wednesday, 5 March 1902. (36707), p. 5.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=c. mid October, 1901{{NMI|28 Aug. 1901, p. 8}}|end=c. mid November{{INF}}|note=lent for Reserve Squadron cruise until Ingles rejoins}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Cyril Royds Brocklebank|nick=Henry C. R. Brocklebank|appt=1 May, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>|end=12 May, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>|note=granted 7 days sick leave}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Henry Berridge Cox|nick=Henry B. Cox|appt=12 May, 1903|end=16 June, 1903}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Cyril Royds Brocklebank|nick=Henry C. R. Brocklebank|appt=c. 19 May, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>|end=18 August, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=John Richards Corner|nick=John R. Corner|appt=3 January, 1905{{NMI|Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4}}|end=April, 1905}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Barry Stewart Bingham|nick=The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham|appt=25 April, 1905<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>|end=23 July, 1906<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>|note=lent to {{UK-FlyingFish}} temporarily in August 1905}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Barry Stewart Bingham|nick=The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham|appt=25 April, 1905<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>|end=23 July, 1906<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>|note=lent to {{UK-FlyingFish}} temporarily in August 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Louis Herbert Crozier|nick=Louis H. Crozier|appt=1 September, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 378}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Gerard Laurence Oliphant|nick=Henry G. L. Oliphant|appt=23 July, 1906<ref>Oliphant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/83.|D7603335}} f. 83.</ref>|end=1 September, 1906<ref>Oliphant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/83.|D7603335}} f. 83.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James William Guy Innes|nick=James W. G. Innes|appt=23 March, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 378}}|end=2 February, 1910{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Louis Herbert Crozier|nick=Louis H. Crozier|appt=1 September, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 378}}|end=10 November, 1907}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Wilberforce Myburgh|nick=Robert W. Myburgh|appt=2 February, 1910{{NLApr10|p. 378}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James William Guy Innes|nick=James W. G. Innes|appt=23 March, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 378}}|end=2 February, 1910}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard William Uniacke Bayly|nick=Richard W. U. Bayly|appt=11 August, 1910<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122118}} f. 155.</ref>|end=6 May, 1911<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122118}} f. 155.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Wilberforce Myburgh|nick=Robert W. Myburgh|appt=2 February, 1910<ref>Myburgh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/385.|D7602704}} f. 246.</ref>{{NLApr10|p. 378}}|end=15 August, 1910<ref>Myburgh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/385.|D7602704}} f. 246.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Jeffreys|nick=Robert Jeffreys|appt=21 November, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 378}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard William Uniacke Bayly|nick=Richard W. U. Bayly|appt=11 August, 1910<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122118}} f. 155.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 378.  15 August given here}}|end=6 May, 1911<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122118}} f. 155.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Kenneth Faviell Sworder|nick=Kenneth F. Sworder|appt=4 June, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 378}}<ref>Sworder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/259.|D7604356}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=November, 1913<ref>Sworder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/259.|D7604356}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin Mackenzie|nick=Colin Mackenzie|appt=6 May, 1911<ref>Mackenzie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/259.|D7576548}} f. 259.</ref>|end=21 November, 1911<ref>Mackenzie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/259.|D7576548}} f. 259.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Geoffrey Shuttleworth Holden|nick=Geoffrey S. Holden|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 398''d-k''}}|end=1 January, 1916<ref>Holden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/274.|}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Jeffreys|nick=Robert Jeffreys|appt=21 November, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 378}}|end=20 March, 1913}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Cecil Herbert Lawson|nick=George C. H. Lawson|appt=26 July, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 398''d-k''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William George Ainslie Kennedy|nick=William G. A. Kennedy|appt=20 March, 1913|end=4 June, 1913}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Harold Holehouse|nick=Harold Holehouse|appt=29 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 398}}|end=17 November, 1917{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Kenneth Faviell Sworder|nick=Kenneth F. Sworder|appt=4 June, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 378}}<ref>Sworder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/259.|D7604356}} f. ?.</ref>|end=November, 1913<ref>Sworder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/259.|D7604356}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command|name=Ronald Niel Stuart|nick=Ronald N. Stuart|appt=17 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 911}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Geoffrey Shuttleworth Holden|nick=Geoffrey S. Holden|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 398''d-k''}}|end=1 January, 1916<ref>Holden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/274.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Kenneth Gordon Ramsey|nick=Kenneth G. Ramsey|appt=1 January, 1916|end=1 August, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Cecil Herbert Lawson|nick=George C. H. Lawson|appt=26 July, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 398''d-k''}}|end=4 June, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Harold Holehouse|nick=Harold Holehouse|appt=29 May, 1917<ref>Holehouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/55/229.}} f. 229.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 398}}|end=c. November, 1917<ref>Holehouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/55/229.}} f. 229.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Ronald Niel Stuart|nick=Ronald N. Stuart|appt=17 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 911}}|end=25 February, 1919<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/60/22.|}} f. 22.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Decommissioned}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 18:38, 16 September 2022

H.M.S. Star (1896)
Pendant Number: P.07 (1914)
D.68 (Sep 1915)
D.79 (Jan 1918)
H.07 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 23 Mar, 1896[4]
Launched: 11 Aug, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Sep, 1898[6]
Sold: 10 Jun, 1919

H.M.S. Star was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a three-funneled "30 knotter".

Service

She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[7]

She, Flirt and Hecla of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla were paid off on 30 April 1912 and re-commissioned the following day.[8]

In mid-1913, she was operating with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[9]

By May 1919, Star was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 29 Apr. 1912, p. 14.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 378.
  10. The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
  11. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 2 January, 1900. Issue 36028, col E, p. 7.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 28 Aug. 1901, p. 8.
  13. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  14. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  15. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  16. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  17. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
  18. Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  19. Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  20. Oliphant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/83. f. 83.
  21. Oliphant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/83. f. 83.
  22. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 378.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 378.
  24. Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
  25. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 378.
  26. Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
  27. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  28. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 378. 15 August given here.
  29. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  30. Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/259. f. 259.
  31. Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/259. f. 259.
  32. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 378.
  33. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 378.
  34. Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. f. ?.
  35. Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. f. ?.
  36. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398d-k.
  37. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
  38. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398d-k.
  39. Holehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/229. f. 229.
  40. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398.
  41. Holehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/229. f. 229.
  42. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  43. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/22. f. 22.

Bibliography


"C" Class Destroyer
Star Whiting Bat Chamois Crane
Flying Fish Fawn Flirt Bullfinch Dove
Violet Sylvia Lee Avon Bittern
Otter Leopard Vixen Brazen Electra
Recruit Vulture Kestrel Cheerful Mermaid
Greyhound Racehorse Roebuck Gipsy Fairy
Osprey Leven Falcon Ostrich Thorn
Tiger Vigilant Albatross Viper Velox
<– "B" Class Destroyers (UK) "D" Class –>