H.M.S. Foam (1896)

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H.M.S. Foam (1896)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Ordered: 1894-95[2]
Laid down: 16 Jul, 1895[3]
Launched: 8 Oct, 1896[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1897[5]
Broken up: 1914[6]

H.M.S. Foam was one of eleven destroyers of the "D" class — one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters".

Service

In mid-1913, she was operating in the Mediterranean.[7]

Foam was scrapped in 1914, shortly before the start of the war.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.
  8. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 5 March 1902. (36707), p. 5.
  9. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  10. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  11. Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
  12. The Navy List. (September, 1913). p. 292.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.

Bibliography


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