H.M.S. Rifleman (1910)
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H.M.S. Rifleman (1910) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.82 (1914) H.97 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | J. Samuel White[2] |
Launched: | 22 Aug, 1910[3] |
Completed: | Mar, 1911[4] |
Sold: | May, 1921[5] |
H.M.S. Rifleman was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.
Service
In mid-1913, active with Second Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
In December, 1915, Rifleman transferred to the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean, remaining there until being ordered home in February 1919.
On 8 March 1916, Rifleman collided with a trawler. Lt. Cdr. Bowles's services in dealing with the aftermath were commended.[7]
Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Herbert M. Denny, 14 March, 1911[9][10] – 31 July, 1912[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur G. H. Bond, 31 July, 1912[12][13] – c. January, 1916[14]
- Lieutenant-Commander Guy P. Bowles, c. November, 1915[15] – 20 July, 1916[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Alexander L. Fletcher, 25 September, 1916[17][18] – 4 February, 1918[19] (invalided with severe neurasthenia)
- Lieutenant in Command Gerald M. McKenna, 27 January, 1918 – 6 February, 1918
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard M. Welby, 6 February, 1918[20] – 30 April, 1919[21] (replacing the ill Alexander Leslie Fletcher, and in command of a group of T.B.Ds. from 28 March, 1919)
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh B. Wrey, 6 May, 1919[22][23] – 17 October, 1919[24] (and in command of group of ships in reserve in Devonport)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 367.
- ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 856.
- ↑ Denny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 284.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 367.
- ↑ Denny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 284.
- ↑ Bond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/51. f. 51.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397j.
- ↑ Bond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/51. f. 51.
- ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
- ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397n.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
- ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
- ↑ Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 896.
- ↑ Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
Bibliography
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