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'''H.M.S. ''Ghurka''''' was one of 12 destroyers of the [[Tribal Class Destroyer (1907)|Tribal class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Ghurka''''' was one of 12 destroyers of the [[Tribal Class Destroyer (1907)|"Tribal" class]].
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==Service==
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In mid-1913, she was serving with the {{UK-DF|4}}.{{NLJul13|p. 319}}
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On 4 March, 1915, ''Ghurka'', under the command of {{LCommRN}} Richardson and {{UK-1Maori}} joined ten other destroyers in prosecuting {{DE-U8}} which {{UK-Viking}} had been attacking, successfully blowing the submarine to the surface and taking 28 prisoners.{{HardLying|p. 101}}
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==Radio==
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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}}
  
 
==Guns==
 
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Bertram Finch Dawson|nick=Arthur B. F. Dawson|appt=17 December, 1908<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/67.|D8112199}} f. 73.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 321}}|end=31 August, 1909<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/67.|D8112199}} f. 73.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=31 August, 1909|end=17 November, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert Norris Hunter|nick=Herbert N. Hunter|appt=1 December, 1909{{NLApr10|p. 321}}|end=5 April, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Gerard St. George Brooker|nick=Francis G. St. G. Brooker|appt=5 April, 1910<ref>BrookerService Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/161.|}} f. 173.</ref>|end=15 December, 1910<ref>BrookerService Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/161.|}} f. 173.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Loftus William Jones|nick=Loftus W. Jones|appt=15 December, 1910<ref>Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/161.|D7603413}} f. 165.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 319}}|end=20 December, 1913<ref>Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/161.|D7603413}} f. 165.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton|nick=Hubert E. Gore-Langton|appt=20 December, 1913{{NLFeb14|p. 319}}|end=3 February, 1914<ref>Gore-Langton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/16.|D7603920}} f. 419?</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Wise Richardson|nick=Robert W. Richardson|appt=6 September, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 394''h''}}|end=24 July, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Harold Tom Baillie-Grohman|nick=Harold T. Baillie-Grohman|appt=24 July, 1915<ref>Baillie-Grohman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/303.|D7605058}}  f. 319.</ref>|end=14 February, 1916<ref>Baillie-Grohman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/303.|D7605058}}  f. 319.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harold Courtenay Woolcombe-Boyce|nick=Harold C. Woolcombe-Boyce|appt=6 March, 1916<ref>Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 394''q''}}|end=8 February, 1917<ref>Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>{{KindellROH2|p. 319}}|note=died when ship lost under his command|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
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Latest revision as of 15:36, 14 November 2021

H.M.S. Ghurka (1907)
Pendant Number: H.52 (1914)
D.04 (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: 1905-06 Programme[3]
Launched: 29 Apr, 1907[4]
Completed: Dec, 1908[5]
Mined: 8 Feb, 1917[6]

H.M.S. Ghurka was one of 12 destroyers of the "Tribal" class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

On 4 March, 1915, Ghurka, under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Richardson and Maori joined ten other destroyers in prosecuting U 8 which Viking had been attacking, successfully blowing the submarine to the surface and taking 28 prisoners.[8]

Radio

In 1909, she became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[9]

Guns

By 1912-13, her five 12-pdr P. I mountings bore register numbers 210, 211, 212, 279 and 280 and were fitted with "Training Gear".[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  3. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 319.
  8. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 101.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. Wireless Appendix, p. 25.
  10. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 186/182. p. 55.
  11. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/67. f. 73.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 321.
  13. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/67. f. 73.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 321.
  15. ↑ BrookerService Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/161. f. 173.
  16. ↑ BrookerService Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/161. f. 173.
  17. ↑ Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/161. f. 165.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 319.
  19. ↑ Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/161. f. 165.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 319.
  21. ↑ Gore-Langton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/16. f. 419?
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 394h.
  23. ↑ Baillie-Grohman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/303. f. 319.
  24. ↑ Baillie-Grohman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/303. f. 319.
  25. ↑ Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394q.
  27. ↑ Woolcombe-Boyce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/85. f. 87.
  28. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 319.

Bibliography


Tribal Class Destroyer
Afridi Cossack Ghurka Mohawk Tartar
  Amazon Saracen Crusader Maori  
  Nubian Viking Zulu Zubian  
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