H.M.S. Earnest (1896)
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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 destroyers of the "B" class — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, she was serving in the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Artificer Engineer David W. Lloyd, 3 January, 1913.[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander (I) Ralph M. Hall, 30 January, 1914.[10]
- Lieutenant, R.N.R. in Command Angus G. Brown, 17 October, 1918.[11]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 306.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 306.
- ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915), p. 309.
- ↑ The Navy List (February, 1919), p. 782.
Bibliography
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