H.M.S. Druid (1911)

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H.M.S. Druid (1911)
Pendant Number: H.33 (1914)
H.30 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[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]

Druid left Port Said for Malta on 7 July 1919.[9] On 25 July, she left Devonport for Portsmouth.[10]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth 5 August, 1919.[11]

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. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 12, 1919; pg. 17; Issue 42150.
  10. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 28, 1919; pg. 23; Issue 42163.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 762.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 305.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 307.
  14. Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  15. Alison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/217. f. ?.
  16. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393n.
  17. Alison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/217. f. ?.
  18. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393t.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393f.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 780.
  21. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 780.
  22. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 01, 1919; pg. 18; Issue 42167.

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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