H.M.S. Wolf (1897)

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H.M.S. Wolf (1897)
Pendant Number: D.98 (1914)
D.95 (Sep 1915)
D.97 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 12 Nov, 1896[4]
Launched: 2 Jun, 1897[5]
Commissioned: Jul, 1898[6]
Broken up: 1921[7]

H.M.S. Wolf was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Second Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

On 6 December, 1905, Wolf collided with Blackwater while the two approached a mooring. Their speed was judged too high for the manoeuvre, and Wolf's Lt. Waterer was deemed "unfit for the command of a T.B.." He was removed from command on 29 December in favour of an appointment as gunnery officer in the second class protected cruiser Sirius.[9]

He was replaced by Lt. Mark Goodwin Newton, who commanded the destroyer until Jult, 1906.

In mid-1913, Wolf was active with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[10]

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. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  9. Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 397a.
  11. Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
  12. Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 315-8.
  14. Long Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/259. f. 285.
  15. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 315-318.
  16. Long Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/259. f. 285.
  17. Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141. f. 206.
  18. Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141. f. 206.
  19. "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  20. Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
  21. Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
  22. Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  23. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 398.
  24. Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  25. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 398.
  26. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  27. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 398.
  28. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  29. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/67. f. 73.
  30. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 397a.
  31. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/67. f. 73.
  32. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 397a.
  33. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  34. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  35. Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  36. Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  37. Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  38. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 397a.
  39. Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  40. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  41. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 397a.
  42. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  43. Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  44. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399j.
  45. Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  46. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399j.
  47. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399g.

Bibliography


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