H.M.S. Star (1896)

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H.M.S. Star (1896)
Pendant Number: P.07 (1914)
D.68 (Sep 1915)
D.79 (Jan 1918)
H.07 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 23 Mar, 1896[4]
Launched: 11 Aug, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Sep, 1898[6]
Sold: 10 Jun, 1919

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

Service

She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[7]

She, Flirt and Hecla of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla were paid off on 30 April 1912 and re-commissioned the following day.[8]

In mid-1913, she was operating with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[9]

By May 1919, Star was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 29 Apr. 1912, p. 14.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 378.
  10. The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
  11. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 2 January, 1900. Issue 36028, col E, p. 7.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 28 Aug. 1901, p. 8.
  13. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  14. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  15. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  16. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  17. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
  18. Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  19. Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  20. Oliphant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/83. f. 83.
  21. Oliphant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/83. f. 83.
  22. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 378.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 378.
  24. Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
  25. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 378.
  26. Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
  27. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  28. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 378. 15 August given here.
  29. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  30. Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/259. f. 259.
  31. Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/259. f. 259.
  32. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 378.
  33. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 378.
  34. Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. f. ?.
  35. Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. f. ?.
  36. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398d-k.
  37. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
  38. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398d-k.
  39. Holehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/229. f. 229.
  40. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398.
  41. Holehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/229. f. 229.
  42. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911.
  43. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/22. f. 22.

Bibliography


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