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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
In mid-1913, she was in the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 320.</ref>
 
In mid-1913, she was in the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 320.</ref>
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She fought at the [[Battle of Jutland]] as part of the {{UK-DF|1}},{{UKJutlandOD|p. 34}} which was tasked with screening the {{UK-BS|5}}.
  
 
She reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{NLJan21|p. 781}}
 
She reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{NLJan21|p. 781}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CaptRN}} [[Herbert Meade]], 19 May 1912,<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 321.</ref> in command at the [[Battle of Heligoland Bight]].<ref>[http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/despatches/tyrwhitt.html Tyrwhitt's Despatch]</ref>
 
* {{CaptRN}} [[Herbert Meade]], 19 May 1912,<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 321.</ref> in command at the [[Battle of Heligoland Bight]].<ref>[http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/despatches/tyrwhitt.html Tyrwhitt's Despatch]</ref>
 
* {{CommRN}} [[Dashwood Fowler Moir]], 9 October, 1914,<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 324.</ref> in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}
 
* {{CommRN}} [[Dashwood Fowler Moir]], 9 October, 1914,<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 324.</ref> in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [[First D. F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
 
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Revision as of 12:53, 14 October 2013

H.M.S. Goshawk (1911)
Pendant Number: H.45 (1914)
H.37 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 18 Oct, 1911[4]
Sold: 4 Nov, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Goshawk was one of 29 destroyers of the Acheron class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was in the First Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

She fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the First Destroyer Flotilla,[7] which was tasked with screening the Fifth Battle Squadron.

She reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{NLJan21|p. 781}}

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  6. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 320.
  7. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
  8. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 321.
  9. Tyrwhitt's Despatch
  10. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 324.
  11. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Goshawk Hind Hornet Hydra Defender
Druid Sandfly Jackal Tigress Lapwing
  Lizard Phoenix Ferret Forester  
Yarrow Specials
  Archer Attack  
Thornycroft Specials
  Acheron Ariel  
Parsons Specials
  Badger Beaver  
Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
  Firedrake Lurcher Oak  
Australian type
  Parramatta Warrego Yarra  
  Huon Swan Torrens  
<– Acorn Class Destroyers (UK) Acasta Class –>