H.M.S. Kestrel (1898)

H.M.S. Kestrel (1898)
Pendant Number:	N.47 (1914) D.60 (Sep 1915) D.49 (Jan 1918)
Builder:	J. & G. Thomson
Ordered:	1896-97 Programme
Laid down:	2 Sep, 1896
Launched:	25 Mar, 1898
Commissioned:	Apr, 1900
Broken up:	1921

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

Service

She left the Nore to exercise with five other destroyers and seven torpedo boats of the Nore Defence Flotilla on 18 June, 1912.

She and Ure arrived at Sheerness with ten torpedo boats on 13 July.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant & Commander Lawrence L. Dundas, 24 April, 1900 – 11 January, 1901
• Lieutenant & Commander Theobald W. B. Kennedy, 11 January, 1901 – August, 1901
• Lieutenant & Commander Henry W. Osburn, August, 1901 – 27 August, 1901
• Lieutenant & Commander Vernon S. Rashleigh, 21 July, 1903  (for manoeuvres)
• Lieutenant James U. Farie, 3 January, 1905 – May, 1905
• Commander Arthur H. Oldham, 18 May, 1905 – 11 July, 1905
• Commander James U. Farie, 11 July, 1905 – 1 December, 1905
• Commander Francis G. St. John, 1 December, 1905 – 28 May, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Arthur T. Blackwood, 28 May, 1906 – 21 May, 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander Cyril Callaghan, 21 May, 1909 – 15 August, 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Frederic B. Coppin, 15 August, 1910 – December, 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Gerald C. Harrison, 19 July, 1911 – 1 April, 1913
• Lieutenant & Commander Richard L. Hamer, 1 April, 1913 – 22 July, 1913
• Lieutenant-Commander Arthur G. Onslow, 14 August, 1913 – 30 April, 1915
• Commander Frederick E. K. Strong, 27 July, 1915 – 13 June, 1916
• Commander George H. Lang, 17 June, 1916 – 10 April, 1918
• Lieutenant-Commander Michael K. H. Kennedy, 10 April, 1918 – 14 February, 1919

See Also

• Wikipedia