H.M.S. Shark (1894)

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H.M.S. Shark (1894)
Builder: J. & G. Thomson[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 14 Feb, 1894[3]
Launched: 22 Sep, 1894[4]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1896[5]
Broken up: 1911[6]

H.M.S. Shark was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, a broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.

Like most of the 27 knotters, she was broken up before the war, her end most likely being in 1911. Her name was very shortly thereafter taken by a new Acasta Class destroyer Shark which was launched in 1912 and which would fight at the Battle of Jutland.

Service

Shark operated as part of the Devonport Instructional Flotilla until being transferred, along with Ferret to become a tender of the gunnery training school Cambridge on 2 February 1900.[7]

She managed 28.5 knots at a full-speed trial at Plymouth on 29 June, 1900.[8]

Though his service record indicates he was in command of Teviot at the time, Commander Hubert Searle Cardale was blamed for grounding Shark 25 January, 1908. Cardale removed from command of Teviot four days later.[9]

She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 263.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 01, 1900; pg. 6; Issue 36054.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 02, 1900; pg. 9; Issue 36183.
  9. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
  10. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  11. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  12. Troubridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 314.
  13. Troubridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 314.
  14. Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243 f. 268.
  15. Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243 f. 268.
  16. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 298.
  18. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
  19. Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
  20. Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
  21. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 1 Aug. 1900, p. 11.
  22. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  23. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  24. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  25. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  26. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  27. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  28. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  29. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 376.
  30. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 375.
  31. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  32. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  33. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 375.
  34. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 375.

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