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Revision as of 11:12, 19 May 2014

H.M.S. Thrasher (1895)
Pendant Number: D.79 (1914)
D.94 (Sep 1915)
D.90 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird[2]
Ordered: 1894-95 Programme[3]
Laid down: 30 May, 1895[4]
Launched: 5 Nov, 1895[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1897[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

H.M.S. Thrasher was one of twenty-four destroyers of the "B" class — a "30 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, part of the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[8]

On 8 February, 1917, she sank UC 39 after blowing her to the surface with a single well-placed depth charge.[9]

In September, 1917 when she transferred to the Nore Defence Flotilla,[10] serving there until at December, 1918.[11] From January, 1919, she remained at The Nore "temporarily".

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 386.
  9. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 62. For some reason, I think the source calls this UC 9.
  10. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). pp. 16, 18.
  11. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 16.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 386.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 385a.
  14. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 62.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 919.

Bibliography


"B" Class Destroyer
Quail Sparrowhawk Thrasher Virago Earnest
Griffon Locust Panther Seal Wolf
Express Orwell Lively Sprightly Success
Spiteful Peterel Myrmidon Syren Kangaroo
  Arab Cobra Albacore Bonetta  
<– "A" Class Destroyers (UK) "C" Class –>