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'''H.M.S. ''Contest''''' was one of 42 destroyers of the [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class]] &mdash; a "27 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Contest''''' was one of thirty-six [[27 Knotter]]s, broad meta-class of early [[Torpedo Boat Destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1890s.
  
She was broken up before the war.
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Like most of the 27 knotters, her useful life ran its course before the [[Great War]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Contest'' was placed on the sale list on or around 4 December, 1910.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Dec 05, 1910; pg. 16; Issue 39447.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Contest''">
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander The Hon. [[Hubert George Brand|Hubert G. Brand]], 17 November, 1897.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 9 November 1897.  Issue '''35355''', col D, p. 7.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Osbert Boothby|nick=William O. Boothby|appt=27 July, 1895<ref>Boothby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602238}} f. 180.</ref>|end=before 2 September, 1895<ref>Boothby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7602238}} f. 180.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1895]]|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Shadwell Quartano Carr|nick=George S. Q. Carr|appt=12 December, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 214}}|end=14 January, 1897|note=in command for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=George Ellis Cave|nick=George E. Cave|appt=11 January, 1897{{NLApr97|p. 214}}|end=30 November, 1897|note=participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hubert George Brand|nick=The Hon. Hubert G. Brand|appt=17 November, 1897<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 9 November 1897.  Issue '''35355''', col D, p. 7.</ref>|end=before 15 September, 1898<ref>Brand Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}} f. 22.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cecil Henry Fox|nick=Cecil H. Fox|appt=10 September, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 240}}|end=|note=service record indicates {{UK-2Sturgeon}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Charles Tibbits|nick=Charles Tibbits|appt=25 August, 1899<ref>Tibbits Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/243.|D7602576}} f. 268.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 August, 1899.  Issue '''35903''', col D, p. 4.</ref>|end=2 September, 1899<ref>Tibbits Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/243.|D7602576}} f. 268.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Arthur Norton|nick=Reginald A. Norton|appt=5 November, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 241}}|end=28 February, 1901}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Basil Ayton Austen|nick=Basil A. Austen|appt=18 February, 1901{{NLMar01|p. 241}}|end=18 March, 1902}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Claud Hamilton Sinclair|nick=Claud H. Sinclair|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col B, p. 8.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Ralph Heathcote|nick=Henry R. Heathcote|appt=August, 1902|end=21 August, 1902}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Mairis Haynes|nick=Robert M. Haynes|appt=8 January, 1903<ref>Haynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/423.|D7602707}} f. ?.</ref>|end=23 January, 1903<ref>Haynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/423.|D7602707}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick William Kinahan|nick=Frederick W. Kinahan|appt=23 January, 1903{{NLMay03|p. 244''a''}}|end=5 November, 1903}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Bernhard Alexander Pratt-Barlow|nick=Bernhard A. Pratt-Barlow|appt=15 April, 1904|end=31 August, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Henry Chapman Alcock|nick=Henry C. Alcock|appt=3 January, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 295}}|end=27 November, 1905}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Fitzroy Henry Hall|nick=Fitzroy H. Hall|appt=10 April, 1906<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/340.|D7603090}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJun06|p. 295}}|end=5 June, 1906<ref>Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/340.|D7603090}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Ernest Marcon|nick=Reginald E. Marcon|appt=23 July, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 295}}|end=18 February, 1908}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Leveson Granville Byron Alexander Campbell|nick=Leveson G. B. A. Campbell|appt=18 February, 1908<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 15 February, 1908.  Issue '''38570''', col B, p. 12.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 295}}|end=8 February, 1909<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}}  f. 101.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 15:22, 6 September 2019

H.M.S. Contest (1894)
Builder: Laird[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: Mar, 1894[3]
Launched: 1 Dec, 1894[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1895[5]
Broken up: 1911[6]

H.M.S. Contest was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.

Like most of the 27 knotters, her useful life ran its course before the Great War.

Service

Contest was placed on the sale list on or around 4 December, 1910.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 03, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34437.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  7. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 05, 1910; pg. 16; Issue 39447.
  8. Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
  9. Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 214.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 214.
  12. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 9 November 1897. Issue 35355, col D, p. 7.
  13. Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 22.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 240.
  15. Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
  16. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 9 August, 1899. Issue 35903, col D, p. 4.
  17. Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 241.
  19. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 241.
  20. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col B, p. 8.
  21. Haynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/423. f. ?.
  22. Haynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/423. f. ?.
  23. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 244a.
  24. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 295.
  25. Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/340. f. ?.
  26. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 295.
  27. Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/340. f. ?.
  28. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 295.
  29. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 15 February, 1908. Issue 38570, col B, p. 12.
  30. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 295.
  31. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.

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