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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Halliday Brown|nick=George H. Brown|appt=20 October, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 300}}|end=}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Claude Alwin Rombulow-Pearse|nick=Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse|appt=7 November, 1905{{NLMar07|p. 300}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=28 September, 1908<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=23 August, 1910<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=28 September, 1908<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=23 August, 1910<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edmond Alan Berners Stanley|nick=Edmond A. B. Stanley|appt=8 June, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 300}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edmond Alan Berners Stanley|nick=Edmond A. B. Stanley|appt=8 June, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 300}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Owen Tudor Hood Phillips|nick=Owen T. H. Phillips|appt=27 May, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 300''c''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Owen Tudor Hood Phillips|nick=Owen T. H. Phillips|appt=27 May, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 300''c''}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Berwick Curtis|nick=Berwick Curtis|appt=5 July, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 300''c''}}|end=16 December, 1913<ref>Superseded by [[George Edward Casley|George E. Casley]].</ref>|note=and in command of {{UK-Derwent}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Berwick Curtis|nick=Berwick Curtis|appt=5 July, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 300''c''}}|end=16 December, 1913<ref>Superseded by [[George Edward Casley|George E. Casley]].</ref>|note=and in command of {{UK-Derwent}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Edward Casley|nick=George E. Casley|appt=16 December, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 302}}|end=11 February, 1915{{NLJan15|p. 302}}{{NLDec16|p. 393''o''}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Edward Casley|nick=George E. Casley|appt=16 December, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 302}}|end=11 February, 1915{{NLJan15|p. 302}}{{NLDec16|p. 393''o''}}}}

Revision as of 11:14, 17 April 2016

H.M.S. Desperate (1896)
Pendant Number: P.50 (1914)
D.40 (Sep 1915)
D.26 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Ordered: 1894-95[3]
Laid down: 1 Jul, 1895[4]
Launched: 15 Feb, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1897[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Desperate was one of the Royal Navy's eleven "D" class destroyers.

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.[8] In November, 1913, she was ordered to return to England.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 300.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 300.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 300.
  12. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  13. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 300.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
  16. The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
  17. Superseded by George E. Casley.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 302.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 302.
  20. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393o.
  21. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393o.
  22. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393a.
  23. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 775.

Bibliography


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