H.M.S. Skirmisher (1905)
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H.M.S. Skirmisher (1905) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.55 (1914) P.55 (Sep 1915) N.95 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Vickers, Barrow[2] |
Laid down: | 29 Jul, 1903[3] |
Launched: | 7 Feb, 1905[4] |
Commissioned: | Jul, 1905[5] |
Sold: | 3 Mar, 1920[6] |
Fate: | to Ward, Preston[7] |
Service
Skirmisher led eleven T.B.Ds., many of them new "River" class ships, of the Devonport Reserve from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.[8]
As part of the Channel Fleet, Skirmisher started a refit in Devonport in August 1908, after Battle Practice.[9]
Skirmisher re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 July, 1913 for manoeuvres, destined for Seventh Destroyer Flotilla afterward.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Walter H. Cowan, 24 July, 1905[11] – 1 January, 1907[12] (and as Commodore, Second Class for command of torpedo craft in reserve at Devonport)
- Commander Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 2 January, 1907[13] – 2 January, 1908[14]
- Commander Edward Reeves, 2 January, 1908[15][16] – 4 January, 1910[17]
- Commander James U. Farie, 4 January, 1910[18][19] – 16 January, 1912[20]
- Commander William H. D. Boyle, 16 January, 1912[21][22] – 18 April, 1913[23]
- Commander John B. Sparks, 1 July, 1913[24][25] – 2 September, 1913[26]
- Captain Francis G. St. John, 7 October, 1913[27][28] – 5 March, 1914[29] (and as Captain (D) Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Francis C. Brown, 21 March, 1914[30][31] – 5 May, 1915[32] (and as Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Francis C. Brown, 16 May, 1915[33] – 8 June, 1916[34] (continuing as Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander (N) Winstanley R. C. Moorsom, 8 June, 1916[35] (this was cancelled)
- Acting Captain Archibald Cochrane, 15 June, 1916[36][37] – July, 1918[38]
- Commander Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton, July, 1918[39] – 21 July, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 44.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p. 9.
- ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 376.
- ↑ Reeves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 57.
- ↑ Reeves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 57.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 376.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Jan. 1912, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 419.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 376.
- ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
- ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 374.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398b.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/445. f. 496.
- ↑ Moorsom Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/488. f. 503.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397y.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
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