H.M.S. Panther (1897)

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H.M.S. Panther (1897)
Pendant Number: D.69 (1914)
D.87 (Sep 1915)
D.67 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 19 May, 1896[4]
Launched: 21 Jan, 1897[5]
Commissioned: Jan, 1898[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Panther was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

Panther arrived at Malta on 2 February 1904 in company with six other destroyers.[8]

On 14 January 1907, she and seven other "River" and "30 knotter" T.B.D.s. of the Second Destroyer Flotilla arrived in Portsmouth from Sheerness.[9] Later in the year, she struck a dock at Cromarty, eliciting a caution from the Admiralty for Lt. William Cadman.

In mid-1913, active with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, a patrol flotilla.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, April 4, 1904, Issue 37359, p.4.
  9. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 09, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40416.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 352.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 278.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 288.
  13. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  14. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Monday, 22 April 1901. (36435), p. 10.
  15. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  16. Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  17. Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  18. Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
  19. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 288.
  20. Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
  21. Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/160. f. 178.
  22. Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/160. f. 178.
  23. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/301. f. 340.
  24. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/301. f. 340.
  25. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 352.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 352.
  27. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  28. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  29. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 352.
  30. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 352.
  31. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 352.
  33. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.
  34. Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 445.
  35. Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 445.
  36. Butler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/68. f. 205.
  37. Butler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/68. f. 205.
  38. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396i.
  39. Groome Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/47. f. 47.
  40. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 25 Oct. 1915, p. 4.
  41. Groome Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/47. f. 47.
  42. Devlin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/50. f. 50.
  43. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396j.
  44. Devlin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/50. f. 50.
  45. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396g.
  46. Smailes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/209. f. 209.
  47. Laidlaw Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/67. f. 67.
  48. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 863.
  49. Laidlaw Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/67. f. 67.

Bibliography


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