H.M.S. Fairy (1897)
From The Dreadnought Project
H.M.S. Fairy (1897) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.40 (1914) D.53 (Sep 1915) D.35 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
Ordered: | 1896-97 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 19 Oct, 1896[4] |
Launched: | 29 May, 1897[5] |
Commissioned: | Aug, 1898[6] |
Foundered: | 1918[7] |
H.M.S. Fairy was one of forty destroyers of the "C" class — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, Fairy was with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander John J. C. Ridley, 17 December, 1912.[9]
- Lieutenant in Command [Fairfax M. Kerr]], 3 February, 1914.[10]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 311.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 311.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 313.
Bibliography