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Revision as of 12:10, 17 April 2018
| H.M.S. Earnest (1896) | |
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| Pendant Number: | D.05 (1914) D.79 (Sep 1915) D.29 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Laird[2] |
| Ordered: | 1895-96 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 2 Mar, 1896[4] |
| Launched: | 7 Nov, 1896[5] |
| Commissioned: | Nov, 1897[6] |
| Broken up: | 1920[7] |
H.M.S. Earnest was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Service
On 14 January 1907, she and seven other "River" and "30 knotter" T.B.D.s. of the Second Destroyer Flotilla arrived in Portsmouth from Sheerness.[8]
In mid-1913, she was serving in the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward A. Baird, 15 September, 1898[10] – 15 September, 1900
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward A. Thomas, 15 September, 1900[11] – 18 October, 1901
- Lieutenant & Commander Philip A. Bateman-Champain, 1 November, 1901[12] – 17 December, 1901
- Lieutenant & Commander Philip A. Bateman-Champain, 1 April, 1902 – 1 August, 1903
- Lieutenant in Command Cyril P. Ryan, after July, 1903[13] – 22 September, 1903[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander Dennis A. H. Larking, 15 July, 1904[15] – 31 May, 1905
- Lieutenant & Commander Percy W. Pontifex, 6 October, 1905[16] – July, 1905
- Lieutenant in Command Claude Seymour, 6 July, 1906[17] – 15 June, 1908[18]
- Lieutenant in Command George K. Chetwode, 15 June, 1908[19][20] – 1 September, 1909[21]
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard F. White, 1 September, 1909[22][23] – 1 February, 1910[24]
- Lieutenant in Command Evelyn C. O. Thomson, 1 February, 1910[25] – August, 1910[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward McC. W. Lawrie, 30 August, 1910[27][28] – February, 1912[29][Inference]
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles E. H. White, 3 February, 1912[30] – 1 March, 1912[31]
- Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm L. Goldsmith, 15 July, 1913[32] – 15 August, 1913[33] (and for command of reduced T.B.Ds. of Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, temporary)
- Commander Frank Powell, 15 August, 1913[34] – 1 November, 1913[35] (and for charge of reduced T.B.Ds.)
- Commander Charles A. W. Wrightson, 1 November, 1913[36] – 30 January, 1914[37]
- Lieutenant-Commander (I, Gr.) Ralph M. Hall, 30 January, 1914[38] – 22 October, 1915
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Arthur Cocks, 22 October, 1915[39] – c. June 1917[Inference]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Henry N. Chamberlain, 18 June, 1917[40]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Allan Varian, 17 October, 1917[41]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Angus G. Brown, 17 October, 1918[42]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 09, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40416.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 306.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 247.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 250.
- ↑ Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/160. f. 178.
- ↑ Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/160. f. 178.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 305.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 305.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
- ↑ Chetwode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 306.
- ↑ Chetwode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
- ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 306.
- ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 306.
- ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
- ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/276. f. ?.
- ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/276. f. ?.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
- ↑ Wrightson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/101. f. 112.
- ↑ Wrightson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/101. f. 112.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393p.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 393i.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393h.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 782.
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