H.M.S. Ostrich (1900)

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H.M.S. Ostrich (1900)
Pendant Number: P.56 (1914)
D.65 (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 28 Jun, 1899[4]
Launched: 22 Mar, 1900[5]
Commissioned: Dec, 1901[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

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

Service

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Third Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

In mid-1913, active with Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

Ostrich collided with the light cruiser Concord on 19 February, 1917. Captain Paton of Concord was informed that he should have familiarised himself with his patrol area beforehand.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  8. The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
  10. Paton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/60. f. 68.
  11. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  12. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  13. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 287.
  14. "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  15. McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
  16. McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. 540.
  17. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  18. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 352.
  19. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 7 January, 1905. Issue 37598, col C, p. 10.
  20. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  21. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  22. Asser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/11. f.12.
  23. Asser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/11. f.12.
  24. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  25. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  26. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 352.
  27. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 352.
  28. Rose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/14. f. 14.
  29. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 352.
  30. Rose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/14. f. 14.
  31. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  32. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  33. Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
  34. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 352.
  35. Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
  36. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 352.
  37. Hobart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/45. f. 448.
  38. Hobart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/45. f. 448.
  39. Littledale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/123. f. 328.
  40. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 351.
  41. Littledale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/123. f. 328.
  42. Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
  43. Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
  44. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
  45. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 352.
  46. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396i.
  47. Trant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/136. f. 136.
  48. Trant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/136. f. 136.

Bibliography


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