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On 23 November, 1914, under the command of {{CommRN}} Wilson, ''Garry'' rammed {{DE-U18}} off Scapa Flow, obligating her crew to later scuttle her.  ''Garry'' rescued all but one of the enemy submariners.{{HardLying|p. 79}}
 
On 23 November, 1914, under the command of {{CommRN}} Wilson, ''Garry'' rammed {{DE-U18}} off Scapa Flow, obligating her crew to later scuttle her.  ''Garry'' rescued all but one of the enemy submariners.{{HardLying|p. 79}}
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On 19 July, 1918, ''Garry'' was among several ships that sank {{DE-UB110}} in the North Sea.{{FC}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 17:28, 10 August 2014

H.M.S. Garry (1905)
Pendant Number: N.10 (1914)
D.21 (Sep 1915)
D.41 (Jan 1918)
H.73 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Yarrow[2]
Ordered: 1903-04 Programme[3]
Laid down: 25 Apr, 1904[4]
Launched: 21 Mar, 1905[5]
Commissioned: Sep, 1905[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

H.M.S. Garry was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was in the Mediterranean.[8]

On 23 November, 1914, under the command of Commander Wilson, Garry rammed U 18 off Scapa Flow, obligating her crew to later scuttle her. Garry rescued all but one of the enemy submariners.[9]

On 19 July, 1918, Garry was among several ships that sank UB 110 in the North Sea.[Fact Check]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 319.
  9. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 79.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 19 September, 1905. Issue 37816, col B, p. 9.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 319.
  12. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394h.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394p.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393z.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 799.

Bibliography


River Class Destroyer
Erne Ettrick Exe Ribble Teviot
Usk Derwent Eden Foyle Itchen
Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
Ure Wear Liffey Moy Ouse
  Boyne Doon Kale  
  Rother Stour Test  
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