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Revision as of 14:54, 6 May 2014

H.M.S. Archer (1911)
Pendant Number: H.10 (1914)
H.29 (Sep 1915)
H.06 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Yarrow[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 21 Oct, 1911[4]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Archer was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

Archer was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[6]

Service

On commissioning at Portsmouth she joined the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

In mid-1913, she was in the First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

In July, 1914, Archer was serving in First Destroyer Flotilla, part of First Fleet.[9]

Immediately before the start of war, plans to fit two fairleads at the stern were deferred.[10]

She paid off at Chatham on 27 April, 1920.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 11 March, 1912. Issue 39843, col C, p. 4.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 279.
  9. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  10. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 182 of 24 July, 1914.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1921), p. 727.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 280.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 275. His name is given there without the hyphen.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 731.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Druid Sandfly Jackal Tigress Lapwing
  Lizard Phoenix Ferret Forester  
Yarrow Specials
  Archer Attack  
Thornycroft Specials
  Acheron Ariel  
Parsons Specials
  Badger Beaver  
Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
  Firedrake Lurcher Oak  
Australian type
  Parramatta Warrego Yarra  
  Huon Swan Torrens  
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