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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=11 March, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 307}}|end=6 January, 1915<ref>Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Roger Vincent Alison|nick=Roger V. Alison|appt=6 January, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 393''n''}}|end=}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Palmer Landon|nick=John P. Landon|appt=April, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 393''t''}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Palmer Landon|nick=John P. Landon|appt=April, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 393''t''}}|end=}}

Revision as of 18:13, 6 June 2016

H.M.S. Druid (1911)
Pendant Number: H.33 (1914)
H.30 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Denny[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 4 Dec, 1911[4]
Completed: Apr, 1912[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Druid was one of 29 destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[7]

Service

In mid-1913, Druid was serving with the First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth 5 August, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 303.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 762.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 305.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 307.
  12. Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393n.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393t.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393f. Year is not legible. It could also be 1916 or 1917.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 780.
  17. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 780.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Druid Sandfly Jackal Tigress Lapwing
  Lizard Phoenix Ferret Forester  
Yarrow Specials
  Archer Attack  
Thornycroft Specials
  Acheron Ariel  
Parsons Specials
  Badger Beaver  
Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
  Firedrake Lurcher Oak  
Australian type
  Parramatta Warrego Yarra  
  Huon Swan Torrens  
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