H.M.S. Alarm (1910)

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H.M.S. Alarm (1910)
Pendant Number: H.05 (1914)
H.04 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Launched: 29 Aug, 1910[3]
Completed: Mar, 1911[4]
Sold: May, 1921[5]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Alarm was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

In mid-1911, she was part of the Second Destroyer Flotilla, a component of Home Fleet.[6]

In February, 1914, she was in the Second Destroyer Flotilla, then serving in Home and Atlantic Waters.

In October 1917, she was sent to the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean, arriving there about November.

In January, 1919 she was sent to Portsmouth.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 275.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 275.
  8. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.
  9. Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391e.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396c.
  12. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  13. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  14. Helyar Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/294. f. 325.
  15. Helyar Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/294. f. 325.
  16. Eastwick-Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/289. f. 662.
  17. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391f.
  18. Eastwick-Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/289. f. 662.
  19. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 726.
  20. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 30, 1919; pg. 22; Issue 42139.
  21. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 726.
  22. Edwards Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/96/233. f. 279.

Bibliography


Acorn Class Destroyer
Acorn Alarm Brisk Sheldrake Staunch
Cameleon Comet Goldfinch Nemesis Nereide
Nymphe Fury Hope Larne Lyra
Martin Minstrel Redpole Rifleman Ruby
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