H.M.S. Staunch (1910)

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H.M.S. Staunch (1910)
Pendant Number: H.89 (1914)
H.2A (1917)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Launched: 29 Oct, 1910[3]
Completed: Mar, 1911[4]
Torpedoed: 11 Nov, 1917[5]
Fate: by UC 38[6]

H.M.S. Staunch was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

Staunch was completed in March 1911 and sent to join the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, a Patrol Flotilla based at Portland.

By mid-1913, she was operating with the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[7] In November, 1915, she transferred to the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.

Staunch was sunk off Gaza along with the monitor M.15 to torpedoes from UC 38.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. Uboat.net
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 378.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 378.
  9. Gore-Langton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/16. f. 419?
  10. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 378.
  11. Gore-Langton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/16. f. 419?
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 377.
  13. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  14. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  15. Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398d-k.
  17. Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  18. Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/90. f. 295.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398a.
  20. Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/90. f. 295.

Bibliography


Acorn Class Destroyer
Acorn Alarm Brisk Sheldrake Staunch
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Nymphe Fury Hope Larne Lyra
Martin Minstrel Redpole Rifleman Ruby
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