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'''H.M.S. ''Desperate''''' was one of eleven destroyers of the [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class]] &mdash; one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters".
 
'''H.M.S. ''Desperate''''' was one of eleven destroyers of the [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class]] &mdash; one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters".
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==Service==
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In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 300.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Owen T. H. Phillips]], 27 May, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 300.</ref>
 
* {{CommRN}} [[Berwick Curtis]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 300c.</ref>
 
* {{CommRN}} [[Berwick Curtis]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 300c.</ref>
  

Revision as of 21:33, 13 July 2013

H.M.S. Desperate (1896)
Pendant Number: P.50 (1914)
D.40 (Sep 1915)
D.26 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Ordered: 1894-95[3]
Laid down: 1 Jul, 1895[4]
Launched: 15 Feb, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1897[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Desperate was one of eleven destroyers of the "D" class — one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters".

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 300.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 300.
  10. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 300c.

Bibliography


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