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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
While part of the {{UK-DF|6}}, the ship was one of four of her class undergoing refit in [[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] until 8 July, 1914.{{AWO1914|88 of 3 July 1914}} | While part of the {{UK-DF|6}}, the ship was one of four of her class undergoing refit in [[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] until 8 July, 1914.{{AWO1914|88 of 3 July 1914}} | ||
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| + | In 1909, she became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with [[British Wireless Systems#Destroyer Set|Destroyer Sets]].{{ARTS1909|Wireless Appendix, p. 25}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 01:52, 27 July 2013
| H.M.S. Amazon (1908) | |
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| Pendant Number: | H.37 (1914) D.01 (Sep 1915) D.03 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Thornycroft[2] |
| Ordered: | 1906-07 Programme[3] |
| Launched: | 29 Jul, 1908[4] |
| Sold: | 1919[5] |
H.M.S. Amazon was one of 12 destroyers of the "Tribal" class.
Service
While part of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, the ship was one of four of her class undergoing refit in Chatham Royal Dockyard until 8 July, 1914.[6]
Radio
In 1909, she became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry G. L. Oliphant, 17 January, 1911.[8]
- Commander Henry G. L. Oliphant, 29 July, 1914.[9]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 88 of 3 July 1914.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. Wireless Appendix, p. 25.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 273.
Bibliography
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