H.M.S. Chelmer (1904)

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H.M.S. Chelmer (1904)
Pendant Number: unknown[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Ordered: 1903-04 Programme[3]
Laid down: 11 Dec, 1904[4]
Launched: 8 Dec, 1904[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1905[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Chelmer was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.[8]

Under the command of Lieutenant-Commander England, on 8 March 1915, Chelmer removed 400 men from the stricken French battleship Gaulois, transferring them to the light cruiser Dartmouth.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 292.
  9. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 77.
  10. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 292.
  11. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 291.

Bibliography


River Class Destroyer
Erne Ettrick Exe Ribble Teviot
Usk Derwent Eden Foyle Itchen
Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
Ure Wear Liffey Moy Ouse
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