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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=20 February, 1913{{NLMar13|p. 343}}}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=James Lenox Conyngham Clark|nick=James L. C. Clark|appt=14 October, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 344}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Michael Horrigan|nick=Michael Horrigan|appt=14 November, 1913{{NLDec13|p. 344}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Michael Horrigan|nick=Michael Horrigan|appt=14 November, 1913{{NLDec13|p. 344}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Charles Caesar de Merindol Malan|nick=Charles C. de M. Malan|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 354}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Charles Caesar de Merindol Malan|nick=Charles C. de M. Malan|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 354}}}}
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Revision as of 00:44, 27 May 2014

H.M.S. Mallard (1896)
Pendant Number: P.08 (Feb 1914)[1]
D.26 (1914)
D.42 (Sep 1915)
D.55 (Jan 1918)[2]
Builder: Thornycroft[3]
Ordered: 1894-95[4]
Laid down: 13 Sep, 1895[5]
Launched: 19 Nov, 1896[6]
Commissioned: Oct, 1897[7]
Broken up: 1920[8]

H.M.S. Mallard was one of eleven destroyers of the "D" class — one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters".

Service

In mid-1913, she was at Malta.[9] In November, she was ordered to return to England,[10] apparently being entrusted to Chief Gunner Michael Horrigan for the voyage.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 909 of 27 Feb, 1914.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 343.
  10. The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 344.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 343.
  12. The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 344.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 344.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 354.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 841.

Bibliography


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