H.M.S. Grasshopper (1909)

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H.M.S. Grasshopper (1909)
Pendant Number: H.17 (Jan 1918)
H.60 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: 1908-09 Programme[3]
Launched: 23 Nov, 1909[4]
Completed: Jul, 1910[5]
Sold: Nov, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Grasshopper was one of sixteen destroyers of the Beagle class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

On 5 February 1918, Grasshopper, Mosquito and Pigeon were escorting a convoy when the Anchor Line/Cunard troopship SS Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk in the North Channel, off Islay by UB 77 as the convoy approached Liverpool. Grasshopper assisted in the rescue operations, saving between 500 and 600 men.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  3. March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 321.
  8. Email from Marilyn Gahm, Spooner, Wisconsin USA to Tone, 20170205.
  9. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1911). pp. 321, 322.
  11. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
  12. Amedroz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/105. f. 310.
  13. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394c.
  14. Amedroz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/105. f. 310.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394c.
  16. Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/190. f. 236.
  17. Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/190. f. 236.

Bibliography


Beagle Class Destroyer
Beagle Bulldog Foxhound Pincher Grasshopper
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