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Revision as of 12:31, 20 July 2016

H.M.S. Foxhound (1909)
Pendant Number: H.16 (Jan 1918)
H.58 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Ordered: 1908-09 Programme[3]
Launched: 11 Dec, 1909[4]
Completed: Sep, 1910[5]
Sold: 1 Nov, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Foxhound was one of sixteen destroyers of the Beagle class.

Service

In mid-1913 she was serving with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

Commander William G. Howard commanded her while she covered the landings at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli.[8]

At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, Foxhound worked with five other Beagles and Arno to tow troop barges in.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  3. March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 317.
  8. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 112.
  9. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
  10. Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  11. Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  12. The Navy List. (October, 1913). p. 317.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394g.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394g.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393w.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 796.

Bibliography


Beagle Class Destroyer
Beagle Bulldog Foxhound Pincher Grasshopper
Mosquito Scorpion Scourge Racoon Renard
  Wolverine Rattlesnake Nautilus  
  Savage Basilisk Harpy  
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