H.M.S. Crane (1896)

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H.M.S. Crane (1896)
Pendant Number: P.26 (1914)
D.50 (Sep 1915)
D.20 (Jan 1918)
H.72 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 2 Aug, 1896[4]
Launched: 17 Dec, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Apr, 1898[6]
Sold:

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

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Percy N. Fletcher was relieved of command in March 1918 after grounding the destroyer.[8]

By May 1919, Crane was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  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. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 297.
  8. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/243. f. 243.
  9. The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
  10. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.
  11. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.
  12. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  13. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  14. Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  15. Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  16. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  17. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  18. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 245.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 297.
  20. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  21. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  22. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 18, 1906; pg. 12; Issue 38023.
  23. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 297.
  24. Jelf Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/389. f. 395.
  25. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 331.
  26. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 331.
  27. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  28. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 297.
  29. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  30. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 297.
  31. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 297.
  32. Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  33. Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  34. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 13 Dec. 1911, p. 17.
  35. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  36. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  37. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 300.
  38. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  39. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  40. The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 300.
  41. Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
  42. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 299.
  43. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  44. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  45. Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241.
  46. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393f.
  47. Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241.
  48. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/243. f. 243.
  49. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392u.
  50. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/243. f. 243.
  51. Kenyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/180. f. 180.
  52. Kenyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/180. f. 180.
  53. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.
  54. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.

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