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|launch=17 Dec, 1896{{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
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|builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]{{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
|laid=2 Aug, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 94}}
 
|laid=2 Aug, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 94}}
 
|pend=P.26 (1914)<br>D.50 (Sep 1915)<br>D.20 (Jan 1918)<br>H.72 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
|pend=P.26 (1914)<br>D.50 (Sep 1915)<br>D.20 (Jan 1918)<br>H.72 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
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'''H.M.S. ''Crane''''' was one of forty destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Crane''''' was one of forty [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
In mid-1913, she was serving in the {{UK-DF|6}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913)p. 297.</ref>
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In mid-1913, she was serving in the {{UK-DF|6}}.{{NLJul13|p. 297}}
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{{LiCRNR}} [[Percy Nono Fletcher|Percy N. Fletcher]] was relieved of command in March 1918 after grounding the destroyer.<ref>Fletcher Service Record{{TNA|ADM 240/54/243.|}} f. 243.</ref>
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By May 1919, ''Crane'' was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.{{NLMay19|pp. 1105, 1105''b''}}
  
 
==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. ''Crane''">
* Artificer Engineer [[William Montagu Shepherd|William M. Shepherd]], 14 January 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 297.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Gledstanes Treherne|nick=Cecil G. Treherne|appt=20 October, 1898|end=3 November, 1899}}
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Gerald Cartmell Harrison|Gerald C. Harrison]], 29 August, 1913. Also "for charge of reduced T.B.D.'s of 6th Flotilla."<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1913), p. 300.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|nick=Trevylyan D. W. Napier|appt=3 November, 1899<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 440.</ref>|end=1900<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 440.</ref>}}
* Lieutenant & Commander [[Hubert Stanley Braddyll|Hubert S. Braddyll]], 18 November, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1914), p. 300.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=8 January, 1901<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=1 October, 1901<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}}
* {{CommRN}} [[Robert Henry Coppinger|Robert H. Coppinger]], 2 February, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915), p. 299.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Brien Michael Money|nick=Brien M. Money|appt=23 September, 1901<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>|end=30 September, 1901<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>|note=temporary, during illness of Hodges}}
* Lieutenant, R.N.R. in Command [[Albert Edward Kenyon|Albert E. Kenyon]], 19 March, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1919), p. 768.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Macrorie|nick=Arthur K. Macrorie|appt=2 September, 1902<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|end=c. October, 1902<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Percy Arthur Robarts|nick=Percy A. Robarts|appt=21 February, 1903{{NLMay03|p. 245}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Dennis Augustus Hugo Larking|nick=Dennis A. H. Larking|appt=9 June, 1903|end=15 February, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Albert Markham Hood Phillips|nick=Albert M. H. Phillips|appt=3 March, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 297}}|end=10 January, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=10 January, 1906<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Francis Donhoff Jelf|nick=Henry F. D. Jelf|appt=26 May, 1906{{NMI|Friday, May 18, 1906; pg. 12; Issue 38023}}{{NLJun06|p. 297}}|end=1906<ref>Jelf Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/389.|}} f. 395.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Henry Holden Holden|nick=George H. H. Holden|appt=1 November, 1906<ref>Holden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/295.|D7603080}} f. 331.</ref>|end=28 July, 1908<ref>Holden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/295.|D7603080}} f. 331.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Corlett|nick=Geoffrey Corlett|appt=28 July, 1908<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.|D7603754}} f. 252.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 297}}|end=19 October, 1909<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.|D7603754}} f. 252.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Clive Charles Henry Maitland-Addison|nick=Clive C. H. Maitland-Addison|appt=19 October, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 297}}|end=early 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Julian Macartney Ogilvie|nick=Julian M. Ogilvie|appt=1910|end=9 November, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Sydney Lionel Kekewich Lawford|nick=Sydney L. K. Lawford|appt=9 November, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 297}}|end=23 March, 1911{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=James Follett Houstoun|nick=James F. Houstoun|appt=23 March, 1911<ref>Houstoun Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/149.|D7603856}} f. 354.</ref>|end=8 January, 1912<ref>Houstoun Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/149.|D7603856}} f. 354.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Laurence Reynolds Palmer|nick=Laurence R. Palmer|appt=8 January, 1912{{NavAppts|13 Dec. 1911, p. 17}}<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>|end=July, 1912<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Gerald Onslow|nick=Arthur G. Onslow|appt=15 July, 1913|end=14 August, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Gerald Cartmell Harrison|nick=Gerald C. Harrison|appt=29 August, 1913{{NLDec13|p. 300}}<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>|end=18 November, 1913<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>|note=and "for charge of reduced T.B.D.'s of [[Sixth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|6th Flotilla]]."}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Hubert Stanley Braddyll|nick=Hubert S. Braddyll|appt=18 November, 1913{{NLFeb14|p. 300}}|end=2 February, 1914<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Coppinger|nick=Robert H. Coppinger|appt=2 February, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 299}}<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>|end=15 June, 1915<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Gibson|nick=Arthur K. Gibson|appt=15 June, 1915<ref>Gibson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/157.|D7576718}} ff. 513, 241.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 393''f''}}|end=17 March, 1916<ref>Gibson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/157.|D7576718}} ff. 513, 241.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Percy Nono Fletcher|nick=Percy N. Fletcher|appt=6 April, 1916<ref>Fletcher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/54/243.|}} f. 243.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 392''u''}}|end=6 March, 1918<ref>Fletcher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/243.|}} f. 243.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Albert Edward Kenyon|nick=Albert E. Kenyon|appt=21 March, 1918<ref>Kenyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/180.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=31 January, 1919<ref>Kenyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/180.|}} f. 180.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Francis Miners|nick=Francis Miners|appt=27 September, 1918<ref>Miners Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/58/130.|}} f. 130.</ref>|end=11 October, 1918<ref>Miners Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/58/130.|}} f. 130.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 16:20, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. Crane (1896)
Pendant Number: P.26 (1914)
D.50 (Sep 1915)
D.20 (Jan 1918)
H.72 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 2 Aug, 1896[4]
Launched: 17 Dec, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Apr, 1898[6]
Sold:

H.M.S. Crane was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Percy N. Fletcher was relieved of command in March 1918 after grounding the destroyer.[8]

By May 1919, Crane was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 297.
  8. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/243. f. 243.
  9. The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
  10. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.
  11. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 440.
  12. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  13. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  14. Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  15. Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  16. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  17. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  18. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 245.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 297.
  20. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  21. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  22. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 18, 1906; pg. 12; Issue 38023.
  23. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 297.
  24. Jelf Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/389. f. 395.
  25. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 331.
  26. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 331.
  27. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  28. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 297.
  29. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  30. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 297.
  31. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 297.
  32. Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  33. Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  34. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 13 Dec. 1911, p. 17.
  35. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  36. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  37. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 300.
  38. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  39. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  40. The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 300.
  41. Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
  42. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 299.
  43. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  44. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  45. Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241.
  46. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393f.
  47. Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241.
  48. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/243. f. 243.
  49. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392u.
  50. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/243. f. 243.
  51. Kenyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/180. f. 180.
  52. Kenyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/180. f. 180.
  53. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.
  54. Miners Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/130. f. 130.

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