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In mid-1911, she was operating as part of the {{UK-DF|2}}.{{NLJul11|p. 272}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 10:10, 15 November 2021

H.M.S. Acorn (1910)
Pendant Number: H.02 (1914)
H.03 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Launched: 1 Jul, 1910[3]
Completed: Dec, 1910[4]
Sold: Nov, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Acorn was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

In mid-1911, she was operating as part of the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 272.
  7. ↑ Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/292. f. 328.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 272.
  9. ↑ Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/292. f. 328.
  10. ↑ Marsden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/146. f. 350.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 272.
  12. ↑ Marsden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/146. f. 350.
  13. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/6. f. 3.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 272.
  15. ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/6. f. 3.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 267.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 834.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391a.
  19. ↑ Peace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/73. f. ?.
  20. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391a.
  22. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 722.
  24. ↑ Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/248 f. 252.
  25. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/221. f. 233.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 722.
  27. ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/221. f. 233.

Bibliography


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