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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=2 December, 1897<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 3 December, 1897.  Issue '''35377''', col D, p. 5.</ref><ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>|end=9 January, 1899<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=2 December, 1897<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 3 December, 1897.  Issue '''35377''', col D, p. 5.</ref><ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>|end=9 January, 1899<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=George Vincent Wallace Carey|nick=George V. W. Carey|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col B, p. 8.</ref>|note=for Manœuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=George Vincent Wallace Carey|nick=George V. W. Carey|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col B, p. 8.</ref>|note=for Manœuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Arthur Douglas Barrow|nick=Arthur D. Barrow|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 July, 1903.  Issue '''37134''', col D, p. 8.</ref>|note=for Manœuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Arthur Douglas Barrow|nick=Arthur D. Barrow|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 July, 1903.  Issue '''37134''', col D, p. 8.</ref><ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603167}} f. 433.</ref>|end=1903<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603167}} f. 433.</ref>|note=for Manœuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=James Creber|nick=James Creber|appt=11 September, 1903{{NLJan04|p. 300}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=James Creber|nick=James Creber|appt=11 September, 1903{{NLJan04|p. 300}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=William Douglas Paton|nick=William D. Paton|appt=14 July, 1904<ref>Paton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/60.|D7602848}} f. 68.</ref>|note=lent for manoeuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=William Douglas Paton|nick=William D. Paton|appt=14 July, 1904<ref>Paton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/60.|D7602848}} f. 68.</ref>|note=lent for manoeuvres}}

Revision as of 13:44, 17 May 2015

H.M.S. Decoy (1894)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Ordered: 1892[2]
Laid down: Jul, 1892[3]
Launched: 2 Feb, 1894[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1895[5]
Collision: 1904[6]

H.M.S. Decoy was one of forty-two destroyers of the "A" class — a "26 knotter".

She was lost before the war.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  7. de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 446.
  8. de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 446.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 217.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 3 December, 1897. Issue 35377, col D, p. 5.
  11. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  12. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  13. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col B, p. 8.
  14. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
  15. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 433.
  16. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 433.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 300.
  18. Paton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/60. f. 68.

Bibliography


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