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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==
 
==Guns==
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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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


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