H.M.S. Taurus (1917)

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H.M.S. Taurus (1917)
Pendant Number: F.71 (Jan 1917)
F.70 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: Dec 1915 (7th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 10 Mar, 1917[5]
Completed: May, 1917[6]
Sold: 18 Feb, 1930[7]

H.M.S. Taurus was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Taurus was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 16 October, 1919.[8]

She was re-commissioned on 19 May, 1922.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Hodgson and Hamilton seem to conflict.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  4. March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  6. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 871.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 274.
  10. Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
  11. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398e.
  12. Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 914.
  14. Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
  15. The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 915.
  16. Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
  17. Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
  18. The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 915.
  19. Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
  20. Hallett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/214. f. 281.
  21. The Navy List. (November, 1919). p. 915.
  22. Hallett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/214. f. 281.
  23. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 15, 1919; pg. 16; Issue 42258.
  24. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 June 1920, p. 6.
  25. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  26. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  27. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio. Month not legible.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 818.
  29. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  30. Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  31. Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.

Bibliography


"R" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Radstock Raider Romola Rowena Restless
Rigorous Rocket Rob Roy Redgauntlet Redoubt
Recruit Sturgeon Sceptre Salmon Sylph
Sarpedon Sable Setter Sorceress Satyr
Sharpshooter Simoom Skate Starfish Stork
Skilful Springbok Tancred Tarpon Telemachus
Tempest Tetrarch Tenacious Thisbe Thruster
  Tormentor Tornado Torrent Torrid  
Thornycroft Specials
Rosalind Radiant Retriever Taurus Teazer
Yarrow Specials
Sabrina Strongbow Surprise Sybille Truculent
  Tyrant Ulleswater  
Modified "R" Class
Ulster Undine Tower Trenchant Tristram
  Tirade Ursula Ulysses  
  Umpire Urchin Ursa  
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