H.M.S. Earnest (1896)

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H.M.S. Earnest (1896)
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

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 306.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 247.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 251.
  11. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 250.
  12. Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 178.
  13. Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 178.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 305.
  15. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  16. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  17. Chetwode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  18. Chetwode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  19. White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 306.
  21. White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
  22. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  23. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  24. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  25. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  26. Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  27. Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  28. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393p.
  29. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394a.
  30. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393h.
  31. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 782.

Bibliography


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