H.M.S. Itchen (1903)

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H.M.S. Itchen (1903)
Pendant Number: N.06 (1914)
D.22 (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Laird[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 18 Aug, 1902[4]
Launched: 17 Mar, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Jan, 1904[6]
Torpedoed: 6 Jul, 1917[7]
Fate: by UC 44 in North Sea[8]

H.M.S. Itchen was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was operating with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla.[9] On the afternoon of 18 May, one of her boats was swamped off Granton, resulting in the loss of seven of the twenty men from Itchen, Kale and Ure aboard.[10]

In January 1915, under the command of Lt. Cdr. Herbert Maynard Denny, she collided with a trawler. On 28 January, she ran into the wall of Immingham Dock. Both of these accidents prompted a caution from the Admiral of Patrols.

On 11 May 1915, Denny was superseded in command by Frederic Graham Schurr, who would command the ship until late October 1915.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  8. Apparently not U 99 as paper sources suggest.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 334.
  10. "The Naval Misphap off Granton." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, May 20, 1913, Issue 40216, p.10.
  11. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 157.
  12. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 157.
  13. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  14. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/334. ff. 334, 218.
  15. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/334. ff. 334, 218.
  16. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  17. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  18. Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
  19. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 334.
  20. Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
  21. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/422. f. 469.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 334.
  23. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/422. f. 469.
  24. BrookerService Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/161. f. 173.
  25. BrookerService Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/161. f. 173.
  26. Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
  27. Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
  28. Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
  29. Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
  30. Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
  31. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 334.
  32. Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
  33. Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
  34. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 334.
  35. Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
  36. Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
  37. Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
  38. Denny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 284.
  39. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 395e.
  40. Denny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 284.
  41. Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. f. ?.
  42. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395d.
  43. Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. f. ?.
  44. Williamson-Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/34. f. 388.
  45. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395n.
  46. Williamson-Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/34. f. 388.
  47. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395n.
  48. Cavaye Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/100. f. 99.
  49. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394u.
  50. Cavaye Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/100. f. 99.
  51. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 95.

Bibliography


River Class Destroyer
Erne Ettrick Exe Ribble Teviot
Usk Derwent Eden Foyle Itchen
Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
Ure Wear Liffey Moy Ouse
  Boyne Doon Kale  
  Rother Stour Test  
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