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'''H.M.S. ''Greyhound''''' was one of forty destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Greyhound''''' was one of forty [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
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==Construction & Service==
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In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Second Division of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]'s Destroyer Flotilla.{{NLNov05|pp. 267, 269}}
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In March 1910, she was one of eighteen destroyers of the {{UK-DF|5}}, which was itself part of the Third Division, Home Fleet.
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By April 1912, she was one of 23 destroyers with the {{UK-DF|6}}, a Patrol Flotilla based at Portsmouth.  She fought with them through most of the war after the flotilla became a component of the [[Dover Patrol]] before leaving to join the {{UK-DF|7}} in April, 1918.  The Seventh operated as part of the East Coast Forces, based in the Humber.  ''Greyhound'' was paid off in August, but remained attached to the flotilla until February 1919.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Lawrence D'O. Bignell]], 17 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 322.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Marcus Rowley Hill|nick=Marcus R. Hill|appt=26 February, 1902<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 228/454.</ref>|end=7 May, 1902<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 228/454.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=John Claude Hamilton|nick=John C. Hamilton|appt=18 March, 1902<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 86.</ref>|end=7 May, 1902<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 86.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Frederick Ernest Green|nick=John F. E. Green|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''. Thursday, 16 July, 1903.  Issue '''37134''', col D, p. 8.</ref><ref>Green Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 260.</ref>|end=18 August, 1903<ref>Green Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 260.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Bernard John Hamilton Ward|nick=Bernard J. H. Ward|appt=10 December, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 12 December, 1903.  Issue '''37262''', col D, p. 9.</ref>|end=10 January, 1904{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wilmot Stuart Nicholson|nick=Wilmot S. Nicholson|appt=10 January, 1904<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 239.</ref>|end=15 September, 1904<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 239.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Valentine Egerton Bagot Phillimore|nick=V. E. B. Phillimore|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/511.|D7576578}} f. 511.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 4 January, 1905.  Issue '''37595''', col D, p. 8.</ref>|end=23 May, 1905<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/511.|D7576578}} f. 511.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Hare Hallowes|nick=Frederick H. Hallowes|appt=23 May, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 322}}|end=1 January, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Valentine Egerton Bagot Phillimore|nick=V. E. B. Phillimore|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/511.|D7576578}} f. 511.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/511.|D7576578}} f. 511.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Denis Granville Thynne|nick=Denis G. Thynne|appt=28 May, 1906<ref>Thynne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/199.| D7602985}} f. 227.</ref>{{NLJun06|p. 322}}|end=11 September, 1906<ref>Thynne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/199.| D7602985}} f. 227.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Herbert Richardson Stokes|nick=Herbert R. Stokes|appt=5 February, 1907{{NLMar07|p. 322}}|end=17 December, 1907}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Evelyn Leonard Beridge Boothby|nick=Evelyn L. Beridge Boothby|appt=17 December, 1907<ref>Boothby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/141/487.|D8121127}} f. 485.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 323}}|end=28 April, 1910<ref>Boothby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/141/487.|D8121127}} f. 485.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Maurice Baldwin Raymond Blackwood|nick=Maurice B. R. Blackwood|appt=30 April, 1910|end=15 August, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Gilbert Carter|nick=Thomas G. Carter|appt=15 August, 1910|end=20 February, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Paget Gibbs|nick=John P. Gibbs|appt=2 November, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 321}}|end=21 October, 1912}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Cyril Prescott Franklin|nick=Cyril P. Franklin|appt=21 October, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 321}}|end=17 January, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=17 January, 1914<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLApr14|p. 322}}|end=6 September, 1914<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Charles Castle|nick=William C. Castle|appt=6 September, 1914<ref>Castle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/119.|D7602905}} f. 131.</ref>{{NLJan15|p. 325}}|end=14 January, 1915<ref>Castle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/119.|D7602905}} f. 131.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Pender Usticke Pender|nick=Edward P. U. Pender|appt=10 February, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''k''}}<ref>Pender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122764}} f. 834.</ref>|ass=14 January, 1915<ref>Castle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/119.|D7602905}} f. 131.</ref>|end=4 October, 1916<ref>Pender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122764}} f. 834.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederic Thornton Peters|nick=Frederic T. Peters|appt=22 November, 1915|end=15 September, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Ronald Court Glazebrook|nick=Ronald C. Glazebrook|appt=7 September, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 394''s''}}|end=10 October, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Arthur Percy Melsom|nick=Arthur P. Melsom|appt=14 October, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 395}}|end=31 January, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=William Devlin|nick=William Devlin|appt=10 March, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 394''d''}}|end=}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 10:29, 30 December 2019

H.M.S. Greyhound (1900)
Pendant Number: P.01 (1914)
D.59 (Sep 1915)
D.44 (Jan 1918)
H.43 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 18 Jul, 1899[4]
Launched: 6 Oct, 1900[5]
Commissioned: Jan, 1902[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

H.M.S. Greyhound was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Construction & Service

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Second Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

In March 1910, she was one of eighteen destroyers of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, which was itself part of the Third Division, Home Fleet.

By April 1912, she was one of 23 destroyers with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, a Patrol Flotilla based at Portsmouth. She fought with them through most of the war after the flotilla became a component of the Dover Patrol before leaving to join the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla in April, 1918. The Seventh operated as part of the East Coast Forces, based in the Humber. Greyhound was paid off in August, but remained attached to the flotilla until February 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  8. The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  9. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 228/454.
  10. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 228/454.
  11. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
  12. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
  13. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
  14. Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
  15. Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
  16. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 12 December, 1903. Issue 37262, col D, p. 9.
  17. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
  18. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
  19. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  20. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 4 January, 1905. Issue 37595, col D, p. 8.
  21. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  22. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 322.
  23. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  24. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  25. Thynne Service Record. The National Archives. D7602985 ADM 196/44/199. f. 227.
  26. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 322.
  27. Thynne Service Record. The National Archives. D7602985 ADM 196/44/199. f. 227.
  28. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 322.
  29. Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141/487. f. 485.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 323.
  31. Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141/487. f. 485.
  32. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 321.
  33. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 321.
  34. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  35. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 322.
  36. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  37. Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
  38. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 325.
  39. Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
  40. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394k.
  41. Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
  42. Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
  43. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394s.
  44. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395.
  45. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394d.

Bibliography


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