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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Archibald Wise Wrightson|nick=Charles A. W. Wrightson|appt=6 April, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 376a}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Archibald Wise Wrightson|nick=Charles A. W. Wrightson|appt=6 April, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 376a}}}} |
Revision as of 14:54, 19 May 2014
H.M.S. Recruit (1896) | |
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Pendant Number: | N.60 (1914)[1] |
Builder: | Thomson[2] |
Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 18 Oct, 1895[4] |
Launched: | 22 Aug, 1896[5] |
Commissioned: | Oct, 1900[6] |
Torpedoed: | 1 May, 1915[7] |
Fate: | by UB 6[8] |
H.M.S. Recruit was one of forty destroyers of the "C" class — a "30 knotter".
She is not to be confused with the "R" class destroyer of the same name.
Service
In mid-1913, active with the Nore Defence Flotilla.[9]
She was torpedoed by UB 6 on 1 May, 1915[10] near Galloper Lightship, with the loss of 39.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Ambrose M. Peck, 14 April, 1913[12] (and for command of the Nore Defence Flotilla)
- Commander Charles A. W. Wrightson, 6 April, 1914[13]
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. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Uboat.net
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 365.
- ↑ Uboat.net Many sources seem to confuse this Recruit and the "R" class Recruit, which was sunk by UB 16.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 63.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 366.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 376a.
Bibliography