H.M.S. Greyhound (1900)

H.M.S. Greyhound (1900)
Pendant Number:	P.01 (1914) D.59 (Sep 1915) D.44 (Jan 1918) H.43 (Sep 1918)
Builder:	Hawthorn Leslie & Company
Ordered:	1899 Programme
Laid down:	18 Jul, 1899
Launched:	6 Oct, 1900
Commissioned:	Jan, 1902
Broken up:	1919

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

Construction & Service

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

In March 1910, she was one of eighteen destroyers of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, which was itself part of the Third Division, Home Fleet.

By April 1912, she was one of 23 destroyers with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, a Patrol Flotilla based at Portsmouth. She fought with them through most of the war after the flotilla became a component of the Dover Patrol before leaving to join the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla in April, 1918. The Seventh operated as part of the East Coast Forces, based in the Humber. Greyhound was paid off in August, but remained attached to the flotilla until February 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander Marcus R. Hill, 26 February, 1902 – 7 May, 1902
• Lieutenant John C. Hamilton, 18 March, 1902 – 7 May, 1902
• Commander John F. E. Green, 21 July, 1903 – 18 August, 1903  (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
• Lieutenant Bernard J. H. Ward, 10 December, 1903 – 10 January, 1904^[Inference]
• Commander Wilmot S. Nicholson, 10 January, 1904 – 15 September, 1904
• Lieutenant & Commander V. E. B. Phillimore, 3 January, 1905 – 23 May, 1905
• Lieutenant-Commander Frederick H. Hallowes, 23 May, 1905 – 1 January, 1906
• Commander V. E. B. Phillimore, 1 January, 1906 – 28 May, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Denis G. Thynne, 28 May, 1906 – 11 September, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Hugh R. Tickell, 11 September, 1906 – 5 February, 1907
• Lieutenant & Commander Herbert R. Stokes, 5 February, 1907 – 17 December, 1907
• Lieutenant & Commander Evelyn L. Beridge Boothby, 17 December, 1907 – 28 April, 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Maurice B. R. Blackwood, 30 April, 1910 – 15 August, 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Thomas G. Carter, 15 August, 1910 – 20 February, 1911
• Lieutenant & Commander John P. Gibbs, 2 November, 1911 – 21 October, 1912
• Lieutenant & Commander Cyril P. Franklin, 21 October, 1912 – 17 January, 1914
• Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 17 January, 1914 – 6 September, 1914
• Lieutenant-Commander William C. Castle, 6 September, 1914 – 14 January, 1915
• Lieutenant in Command Edward P. U. Pender, 10 February, 1915 – 4 October, 1916
• Lieutenant in Command Frederic T. Peters, 22 November, 1915 – 15 September, 1916
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Ronald C. Glazebrook, 7 September, 1916 – 10 October, 1916
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Arthur P. Melsom, 14 October, 1916 – 31 January, 1917
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William Devlin, 10 March, 1917 – 31 March, 1918

See Also

• Wikipedia