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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
In mid-1913, with the {{UK-DF|1}}.{{NLJul13|p. 387}}
 
In mid-1913, with the {{UK-DF|1}}.{{NLJul13|p. 387}}
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On 22 July 1914, ''Tigress'' collided with the {{UK-Sandfly|f=t}} due to the ''Sandfly'' being in the wrong position.<ref>Coates Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/424.|D7603208}} f. 485.</ref>
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On 24 January 1915, ''Tigress'' fought with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the [[Battle of Dogger Bank]].
  
 
In 1915, while serving in the {{UK-DF|1}} out of South Queensferry, a wave stove in ''Tigress's'' bridge railings so far that {{LCommRN}} Whitfield's ribs were fractured.{{HardLying|p. 121}}
 
In 1915, while serving in the {{UK-DF|1}} out of South Queensferry, a wave stove in ''Tigress's'' bridge railings so far that {{LCommRN}} Whitfield's ribs were fractured.{{HardLying|p. 121}}
  
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Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 875}}
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In June, 1916, she moved to the {{UK-DF|2}}, operating out of Devonport.
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On 14 November, 1916, Lieutenant Commander [[Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke|Yorke]]'s prompt actions in lifesaving efforts following a submarine attack on S.S. ''Idaho'' reflected great credit upon him.<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>
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In August, 1917, ''Tigress'' was transferred to the {{UK-DF|4}}, which was also part of Devonport's defensive force.  In November, she left with {{UK-Attack}} to join the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Mediterranean.
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On 19 January, 1918, ''Tigress'', under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Joseph Bernard Newill]] and her sister ship {{UK-Lizard}} were opposed the German-Turkish ships {{DE-Breslau}} and {{DE-Goeben}} in the [[Battle of Imbros]], in which the British lost the monitors {{UK-M28}} and {{UK-Raglan}} to long range enemy fire before the enemy ships fell afoul a minefield.
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In January, 1919, she was one of eight destroyers ordered home from 5 D.F..
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''Tigress'' was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 875}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Paul Whitfield|nick=Paul Whitfield|appt=25 March, 1912{{NLOct15|p. 398''r''}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Paul Whitfield|nick=Paul Whitfield|appt=25 March, 1912{{NLOct15|p. 398''r''}}|end=28 May, 1915|precBy=New Command|note=Hallett substituted for him in command during a month's illness}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=John Ignatius Hallett|nick=John I. Hallett|appt=28 May, 1915<ref>Hallett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/214.|D7604626}}  f. 281.</ref>|end=23 June, 1915<ref>Hallett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/214.|D7604626}}  f. 281.</ref>|note=temporarily, while Whitfield was ill}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Astley Dundas Cooper Cooper-Key|nick=Astley D. C. Cooper-Key|appt=c. 1 April, 1916<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}}  f. 15.</ref>|end=24 April, 1916<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}}  f. 15.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke|nick=Joseph H. L. Yorke|appt=11 June, 1916<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 398''s''}}|end=4 January, 1917<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke|nick=Joseph H. L. Yorke|appt=11 June, 1916<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 398''s''}}|end=4 January, 1917<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frank Adam Conyers Baker|nick=Frank A. C. Baker|appt=4 January, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 398''l''}}|end=5 November, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 398''l''}}{{NLJul19|p. 920''a'}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frank Adam Conyers Baker|nick=Frank A. C. Baker|appt=4 January, 1917<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/280.|D7605365}} f. 650.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 398''l''}}|end=5 November, 1917<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/280.|D7605365}} f. 650.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I''')|name=Joseph Bernard Newill|nick=Joseph B. Newill|appt=5 November, 1917{{NLJul19|p. 920''a'}}|end=1919{{FC}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I''')|name=Joseph Bernard Newill|nick=Joseph B. Newill|appt=5 November, 1917<ref>Newill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/129.|D7604884}} f. 140.</ref>{{NLJul19|p. 920''a'}}|end=20 May, 1919}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 08:36, 4 May 2020

H.M.S. Tigress (1911)
Pendant Number: H.92 (1914)
H.4A (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 20 Dec, 1911[4]
Completed: Apr, 1912[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Tigress was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[7]

Service

In mid-1913, with the First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

On 22 July 1914, Tigress collided with the destroyer Sandfly due to the Sandfly being in the wrong position.[9]

On 24 January 1915, Tigress fought with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Battle of Dogger Bank.

In 1915, while serving in the First Destroyer Flotilla out of South Queensferry, a wave stove in Tigress's bridge railings so far that Lieutenant-Commander Whitfield's ribs were fractured.[10]

In June, 1916, she moved to the Second Destroyer Flotilla, operating out of Devonport.

On 14 November, 1916, Lieutenant Commander Yorke's prompt actions in lifesaving efforts following a submarine attack on S.S. Idaho reflected great credit upon him.[11]

In August, 1917, Tigress was transferred to the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, which was also part of Devonport's defensive force. In November, she left with Attack to join the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.

On 19 January, 1918, Tigress, under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Joseph Bernard Newill and her sister ship Lizard were opposed the German-Turkish ships Breslau and Goeben in the Battle of Imbros, in which the British lost the monitors M.28 and Raglan to long range enemy fire before the enemy ships fell afoul a minefield. In January, 1919, she was one of eight destroyers ordered home from 5 D.F..

Tigress was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 387.
  9. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  10. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 121.
  11. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 875.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398r.
  14. ↑ Hallett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/214. f. 281.
  15. ↑ Hallett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/214. f. 281.
  16. ↑ Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
  17. ↑ Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
  18. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398s.
  20. ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  21. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398l.
  23. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
  24. ↑ Newill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/129. f. 140.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 920a'.

Bibliography


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