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==Service==
 
==Service==
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She and {{UK-Ure}} arrived at Sheerness with ten torpedo boats on 13 July, 1905.{{NMI|Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759}}
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In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the First Division of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]'s Destroyer Flotilla.{{NLNov05|pp. 267, 269}}
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She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1909]].{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9}}
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In march 1910, she belonged to the {{UK-DF|4}}, which was part of the Third Division, Home Fleet.
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She left the Nore to exercise with five other destroyers and seven torpedo boats of the [[Nore Local Defence Flotilla]] on 18 June, 1912.{{MoS|Wednesday, Jun 19, 1912; pg. 6; Issue 39929}}
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From the outbreak of war through March 1918, she was one of the twelve T.B.Ds. of the [[Nore Local Defence Flotilla]].{{SMNLJan15|p. 13}}  In March 1918, she moved with three flotilla-mates to join the [[Irish Sea Flotilla]].
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Kestrel''">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lawrence Leopold Dundas|nick=Lawrence L. Dundas|appt=24 April, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 273}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lawrence Leopold Dundas|nick=Lawrence L. Dundas|appt=24 April, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 273}}|end=11 January, 1901<ref>Dundas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/420.|D7602738}} f. 467.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Theobald Walter Butler Kennedy|nick=Theobald W. B. Kennedy|appt=11 January, 1901|end=August, 1901|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Willcox Osburn|nick=Henry W. Osburn|appt=August, 1901<ref>Osburn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>|end=27 August, 1901<ref>Osburn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Willcox Osburn|nick=Henry W. Osburn|appt=August, 1901<ref>Osburn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>|end=27 August, 1901<ref>Osburn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Vernon Stanhope Rashleigh|nick=Vernon S. Rashleigh|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.</ref><ref>Rashleigh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/117.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=19 August, 1903<ref>Rashleigh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/117.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Basil George Washington|nick=Basil G. Washington|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>|end=May, 1905<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>|end=May, 1905<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Hugh Oldham|nick=Arthur H. Oldham|appt=18 May, 1905<ref>Oldham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>|end=11 July, 1905<ref>Oldham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=11 July, 1905<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>|end=1 December, 1905<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=11 July, 1905<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>|end=1 December, 1905<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=1 December, 1905<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=1 December, 1905<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Temple Blackwood|nick=Arthur T. Blackwood|appt=28 May, 1906{{NLOct08|p. 336}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Temple Blackwood|nick=Arthur T. Blackwood|appt=28 May, 1906{{NLOct08|p. 336}}|end=21 May, 1909}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cyril Callaghan|nick=Cyril Callaghan|appt=21 May, 1909<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 336}}|end=15 August, 1910<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cyril Callaghan|nick=Cyril Callaghan|appt=21 May, 1909<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 336}}|end=15 August, 1910<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederic Boyd Coppin|nick=Frederic B. Coppin|appt=15 August, 1910<ref>Coppin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/156.|D8122127}} f. 164.</ref>|end=December, 1910<ref>Coppin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/156.|D8122127}} f. 164.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Gerald Cartmell Harrison|nick=Gerald C. Harrison|appt=19 July, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 336}}|end=1 April, 1913<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 336}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Gerald Cartmell Harrison|nick=Gerald C. Harrison|appt=19 July, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 336}}|end=1 April, 1913<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 336}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Richard Lloyd Hamer|nick=Richard L. Hamer|appt=1 April, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 336}}|end=August, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 336}}{{NLApr15|p. 395''g''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Richard Lloyd Hamer|nick=Richard L. Hamer|appt=1 April, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 336}}|end=22 July, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Gerald Onslow|nick=Arthur G. Onslow|appt=14 August, 1913{{NLApr15|p. 395''g''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Gerald Onslow|nick=Arthur G. Onslow|appt=14 August, 1913{{NLApr15|p. 395''g''}}|end=30 April, 1915}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=27 July, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 395''f''}}<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>|end=13 June, 1916<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=27 July, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 395''f''}}<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>|end=13 June, 1916<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Holbrow Lang|nick=George H. Lang|appt=17 June, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 394''w''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Holbrow Lang|nick=George H. Lang|appt=17 June, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 394''w''}}|end=10 April, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Michael Kavanagh Horsley Kennedy|nick=Michael K. H. Kennedy|appt=10 April, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 825}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Michael Kavanagh Horsley Kennedy|nick=Michael K. H. Kennedy|appt=10 April, 1918<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/97.|D7604196}} f. 52.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 825}}|end=14 February, 1919<ref>Kennedy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/97.|D7604196}} f. 52.</ref>}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 22:07, 21 December 2021

H.M.S. Kestrel (1898)
Pendant Number: N.47 (1914)
D.60 (Sep 1915)
D.49 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. & G. Thomson[2]
Ordered: 1896-97 Programme[3]
Laid down: 2 Sep, 1896[4]
Launched: 25 Mar, 1898[5]
Commissioned: Apr, 1900[6]
Broken up: 1921[7]

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

Service

She and Ure arrived at Sheerness with ten torpedo boats on 13 July, 1905.[8]

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the First Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[10]

In march 1910, she belonged to the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, which was part of the Third Division, Home Fleet.

She left the Nore to exercise with five other destroyers and seven torpedo boats of the Nore Local Defence Flotilla on 18 June, 1912.[11]

From the outbreak of war through March 1918, she was one of the twelve T.B.Ds. of the Nore Local Defence Flotilla.[12] In March 1918, she moved with three flotilla-mates to join the Irish Sea Flotilla.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  10. ↑ "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  11. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 19, 1912; pg. 6; Issue 39929.
  12. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 13.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 273.
  14. ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/420. f. 467.
  15. ↑ Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.
  16. ↑ Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.
  17. ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  18. ↑ Rashleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/117. f. ?.
  19. ↑ Rashleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/117. f. ?.
  20. ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  21. ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  22. ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  23. ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  24. ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  25. ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  26. ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  27. ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  28. ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 336.
  30. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 336.
  32. ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
  33. ↑ Coppin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/156. f. 164.
  34. ↑ Coppin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/156. f. 164.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 336.
  36. ↑ Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 336.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 336.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 395g.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395f.
  41. ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
  42. ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394w.
  44. ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/97. f. 52.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 825.
  46. ↑ Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/97. f. 52.

Bibliography


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