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|launch=8 Nov, 1900{{DittColl|p. 58}} | |launch=8 Nov, 1900{{DittColl|p. 58}} | ||
− | |builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie]]{{DittColl|p. 58}} | + | |builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 58}} |
|laid=23 Oct, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | |laid=23 Oct, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 96}} | ||
|fate=Broken up | |fate=Broken up | ||
|pend=P.15 (1914)<br>D.66 (Sep 1915)<br>D.71 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 58}} | |pend=P.15 (1914)<br>D.66 (Sep 1915)<br>D.71 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 58}} | ||
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
− | '''H.M.S. ''Racehorse''''' was one of forty | + | '''H.M.S. ''Racehorse''''' was one of forty [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] — a "30 knotter". |
+ | |||
+ | ==Trials== | ||
+ | ''Racehorse'' completed her steam trials on 17 December, 1901. On her full-speed trial she obtained 30.354 knots on the measured mile, and averaged 30.345 knots over three hours.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 19 December, 1901. Issue '''36642''', col A, p. 7.</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | |||
+ | In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Second Division of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]'s Destroyer Flotilla.{{NLNov05|pp. 267, 269}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | In mid-1913, ''Racehorse'' was active with {{UK-DF|6}} — a patrol flotilla.{{NLJul13|p. 364}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
− | <div name=fredbot: | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Racehorse''"> |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Frederick Ernest Green|nick=John F. E. Green|appt=8 May, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 296''a''}}<ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Wednesday, 7 May 1902. (36761), p. 10.</ref>|end=16 July, 1902<ref>Green Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/335.|D7602278}} f. 260.</ref>}} | |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Corbett|nick=Charles F. Corbett|appt=19 June, 1903<ref>Corbett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref>|end=1904<ref>Corbett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Kiddle|nick=John Kiddle|appt=c. mid 1904<ref>Kiddle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/207.|D7602993}} f. 236.</ref>|end=27 August, 1904<ref>Kiddle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/207.|D7602993}} f. 236.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Hugh Oldham|nick=Arthur H. Oldham|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Oldham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>|end=1 April, 1905<ref>Oldham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Rupert Stanley Gwatkin-Williams|nick=Rupert S. Gwatkin-Williams|appt=1 April, 1905<ref>Gwatkin-Williams Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7602869}} f. 93.</ref>|end=1 January, 1906<ref>Gwatkin-Williams Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7602869}} f. 93.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frank Forester Rose|nick=Frank F. Rose|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>Rose Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/14.|D7603266}} f. 14.</ref>|end=16 October, 1906<ref>Rose Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/14.|D7603266}} f. 14.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hugh Dennis Marryat|nick=Hugh D. Marryat|appt=16 October, 1906{{NLJul09|p. 364}}|end=November, 1909}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Bibby Hartford|nick=George B. Hartford|appt=November, 1909{{NMI|Tuesday, Oct 26, 1909; pg. 8; Issue 39100}}<ref>Hartford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/80.|D7603984}} f. 83.</ref>|end=24 January, 1910<ref>Hartford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/80.|D7603984}} f. 83.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=24 January, 1910<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLApr10|p. 364}}|end=3 April, 1910<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederic Boyd Coppin|nick=Frederic B. Coppin|appt=14 June, 1910<ref>Coppin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/143/156.|D8122127}} f. 164.</ref>|end=14 August, 1910<ref>Coppin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/143/156.|D8122127}} f. 164.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Cyril Callaghan|nick=Cyril Callaghan|appt=15 August, 1910<ref>Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}} f. 130.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 364}}|end=25 March, 1911<ref>Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}} f. 130.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edmund Alain Tremeur de Poher de la Poer|nick=Edmund A. T. de P. de la Poer|appt=25 March, 1911<ref>"Naval Appointments." ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.</ref><ref>de la Poer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/27.|D7604126}} f. 14.</ref>|end=November, 1911<ref>de la Poer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/27.|D7604126}} f. 14.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Pender Usticke Pender|nick=Edward P. U. Pender|appt=20 February, 1912{{NLDec14|p. 376}}<ref>Pender Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122764}} f. 834.</ref>|end=13 December, 1914<ref>Pender Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122764}} f. 834.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Walter Odwin Hutton Lambert|nick=Walter O. H. Lambert|appt=27 February, 1915<ref>Lambert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144.}} f. 56.</ref>|end=c. 24 March, 1915<ref>Some inference here. It is recorded as February in Lambert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144.}} f. 56.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Guy Langton Warren|nick=Guy L. Warren|appt=24 March, 1915<ref>Warren Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 397''g''}}|end=19 September, 1916<ref>Warren Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Blyth Falls|nick=John B. Falls|appt=19 September, 1916<ref>Falls Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/115.|}} f. 115.</ref>|end=30 September, 1916<ref>Falls Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/115.|}} f. 115.</ref>|note=temporary}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Harry Welch|nick=Harry Welch|appt=4 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 397''g''}}|end=30 April, 1918}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Ernest William Richard Avery|nick=Ernest W. R. Avery|appt=8 November, 1918<ref>Avery Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/188.|}} f. 188.</ref>{{NLDec18|p. 889}}|end=31 December, 1918<ref>Avery Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/188.|}} f. 188.</ref>}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
− | {{WP| | + | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Racehorse_(1900)}} |
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Latest revision as of 21:03, 14 January 2022
H.M.S. Racehorse (1900) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.15 (1914) D.66 (Sep 1915) D.71 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2] |
Ordered: | 1899 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 23 Oct, 1899[4] |
Launched: | 8 Nov, 1900[5] |
Commissioned: | Mar, 1902[6] |
Broken up: | 1920[7] |
H.M.S. Racehorse was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Trials
Racehorse completed her steam trials on 17 December, 1901. On her full-speed trial she obtained 30.354 knots on the measured mile, and averaged 30.345 knots over three hours.[8]
Service
In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Second Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[9]
In mid-1913, Racehorse was active with Sixth Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander John F. E. Green, 8 May, 1902[11][12] – 16 July, 1902[13]
- Commander Charles F. Corbett, 19 June, 1903[14] – 1904[15]
- Lieutenant & Commander John Kiddle, c. mid 1904[16] – 27 August, 1904[17]
- Commander Arthur H. Oldham, 3 January, 1905[18] – 1 April, 1905[19]
- Lieutenant & Commander Rupert S. Gwatkin-Williams, 1 April, 1905[20] – 1 January, 1906[21]
- Lieutenant in Command Frank F. Rose, 1 January, 1906[22] – 16 October, 1906[23]
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh D. Marryat, 16 October, 1906[24] – November, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander George B. Hartford, November, 1909[25][26] – 24 January, 1910[27]
- Lieutenant & Commander George H. Knowles, 24 January, 1910[28][29] – 3 April, 1910[30]
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederic B. Coppin, 14 June, 1910[31] – 14 August, 1910[32]
- Lieutenant & Commander Cyril Callaghan, 15 August, 1910[33][34] – 25 March, 1911[35]
- Lieutenant & Commander Edmund A. T. de P. de la Poer, 25 March, 1911[36][37] – November, 1911[38]
- Lieutenant in Command Edward P. U. Pender, 20 February, 1912[39][40] – 13 December, 1914[41]
- Lieutenant in Command Walter O. H. Lambert, 27 February, 1915[42] – c. 24 March, 1915[43]
- Lieutenant in Command Guy L. Warren, 24 March, 1915[44][45] – 19 September, 1916[46]
- Lieutenant in Command John B. Falls, 19 September, 1916[47] – 30 September, 1916[48] (temporary)
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Harry Welch, 4 October, 1916[49] – 30 April, 1918
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Ernest W. R. Avery, 8 November, 1918[50][51] – 31 December, 1918[52]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 19 December, 1901. Issue 36642, col A, p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 364.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 296a.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 7 May 1902. (36761), p. 10.
- ↑ Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/335. f. 260.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
- ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
- ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
- ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
- ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
- ↑ Gwatkin-Williams Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. f. 93.
- ↑ Gwatkin-Williams Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. f. 93.
- ↑ Rose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/14. f. 14.
- ↑ Rose Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/14. f. 14.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 364.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 26, 1909; pg. 8; Issue 39100.
- ↑ Hartford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/80. f. 83.
- ↑ Hartford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/80. f. 83.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 364.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ Coppin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/156. f. 164.
- ↑ Coppin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/156. f. 164.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 364.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.
- ↑ de la Poer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/27. f. 14.
- ↑ de la Poer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/27. f. 14.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 376.
- ↑ Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
- ↑ Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144. f. 56.
- ↑ Some inference here. It is recorded as February in Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144. f. 56.
- ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 397g.
- ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
- ↑ Falls Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/115. f. 115.
- ↑ Falls Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/115. f. 115.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397g.
- ↑ Avery Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/188. f. 188.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 889.
- ↑ Avery Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/188. f. 188.
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