H.M.S. Amazon (1908)

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H.M.S. Amazon (1908)
Pendant Number: H.37 (1914)
D.01 (Sep 1915)
D.03 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Ordered: 1906-07 Programme[3]
Launched: 29 Jul, 1908[4]
Completed: Apr, 1909[5]
Sold: 1919[6]

H.M.S. Amazon was one of twelve destroyers of the "Tribal" class.

Service

While part of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, Amazon was one of four "Tribals" undergoing refit in Chatham Royal Dockyard until 8 July, 1914.[7]

Radio

In 1909, she became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[8]

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. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 88 of 3 July 1914.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. Wireless Appendix, p. 25.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 276-7.
  10. Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  11. Oliphant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/83. f. 83.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 278.
  13. Oliphant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/83. f. 83.
  14. Oliphant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/83. f. 83.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392b.
  16. Oliphant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/83. f. 83.
  17. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  18. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392b.
  19. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  20. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391h.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 728.

Bibliography


Tribal Class Destroyer
Afridi Cossack Ghurka Mohawk Tartar
  Amazon Saracen Crusader Maori  
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