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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Frederic Thornton Peters|nick=Frederic T. Peters|appt=14 September, 1916{{NLDec16|p.758}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Frederic Thornton Peters|nick=Frederic T. Peters|appt=14 September, 1916{{NLDec16|p.758}}|end=}} |
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H.M.S. Cockatrice (1912) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.73 (1914) H.26 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[2] |
Launched: | 8 Nov, 1912[3] |
Completed: | Mar, 1913[4] |
Sold: | May, 1921[5] |
H.M.S. Cockatrice was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.
Service
In mid-1913, she was serving in the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[6] She would remain with that formation until almost the end of the war.
From mid-1917 to the end of the war, she was busy with anti-submarine patrol and convoy escort work, most often with Christopher and Ambuscade, who were at her side almost continuously.[7]
In November, 1918, she left the 4DF to join the Northern Patrol Force with Christopher and Ambuscade.[8]
She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth 17 October, 1919.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander William J. Whitworth, 20 March, 1913[10][11] – 7 June, 1916[12]
- Lieutenant in Command George E. Matthews, 5 July, 1916[13]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederic T. Peters, 14 September, 1916[14]
- Lieutenant in Command Edward Eastwick-Field, 11 November, 1917[15] – 2 February, 1918[16]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederic T. Peters, 26 January, 1918[17]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 293.
- ↑ Christopher's logs at The National Archives. 53/37734. through ADM 53/37737.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). pp. 17, 19.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 746a.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392t.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392l.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p.758.
- ↑ Eastwick-Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/289. f. 662.
- ↑ Eastwick-Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/289. f. 662.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p.758.
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