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'''H.M.S. ''Druid''''' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].
 
'''H.M.S. ''Druid''''' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].
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==Radio==
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She was one of 18 [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class destroyers]] fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with [[British Wireless Systems#Destroyer Set|Destroyer Sets]].{{ARTS1912|Wireless Appendix, p. 6}}
  
 
==Service==
 
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} {{HON}} [[Richard O. B. Bridgeman]], 28 March, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 303.</ref>
 
* {{CommRN}} {{HON}} [[Richard O. B. Bridgeman]], 28 March, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 303.</ref>
 
* {{LCommRN}} [[Edmond J. G. Mackinnon]], 11 March, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 307.</ref>
 
* {{LCommRN}} [[Edmond J. G. Mackinnon]], 11 March, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 307.</ref>
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 15:13, 28 October 2013

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]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[5]

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.[6]

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving with the First Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth 5 August, 1919.[8]

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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  6. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 303.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 762.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 303.
  10. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 307.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Goshawk Hind Hornet Hydra Defender
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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