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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=George Crozier Dillon|nick=George C. Dillon|appt=2 July, 1912<ref>Dillon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.}} f. 113.</ref>|end=|note=for manoeuvres}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=George Crozier Dillon|nick=George C. Dillon|appt=2 July, 1912<ref>Dillon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.}} f. 113.</ref>|end=|note=for manoeuvres}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Percy Ralph Passawer Percival|nick=Percy R. P. Percival|appt=21 April, 1914<ref>Percival Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 396''a''}}|end=8 December, 1915<ref>Percival Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Percy Ralph Passawer Percival|nick=Percy R. P. Percival|appt=21 April, 1914<ref>Percival Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 396''a''}}|end=8 December, 1915<ref>Percival Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Richard Harter|nick=Richard Harter|appt=4 February, 1916<ref>Harter Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/123.|D7605210}} f. 487.</ref>|end=19 March, 1916<ref>Harter Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/123.|D7605210}} f. 487.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Richard Harter|nick=Richard Harter|appt=4 February, 1916<ref>Harter Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/123.|D7605210}} f. 487.</ref>|end=19 March, 1916<ref>Harter Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/123.|D7605210}} f. 487.</ref>|note=superseded on account of measles}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Denis Quintin Fildes|nick=Denis Q. Fildes|appt=19 March, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''bb''}}|end=early 1917{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Denis Quintin Fildes|nick=Denis Q. Fildes|appt=19 March, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''bb''}}|end=early 1917{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Gordon Fraser Hannay|nick=Gordon F. Hannay|appt=24 March, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 395''q''}}|end=1918{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Gordon Fraser Hannay|nick=Gordon F. Hannay|appt=24 March, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 395''q''}}|end=1918{{INF}}}} |
Revision as of 16:34, 4 November 2016
H.M.S. Mermaid (1898) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.35 (1914) D.63 (Sep 1915) D.56 (Jan 1918) H.85 (Sep 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[2] |
Ordered: | 1896-97 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 7 Sep, 1896[4] |
Launched: | 22 Feb, 1898[5] |
Commissioned: | Jun, 1899[6] |
Broken up: | 1919[7] |
H.M.S. Mermaid was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, she was with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander John M. de Robeck, ? – 28 November, 1899[9]
- Commander Mark E. F. Kerr, 28 November, 1899[10] – 9 March, 1900[11]
- Commander Mark E. F. Kerr, 4 January, 1901[12][13] – 13 June, 1901[14]
- Commander John F. E. Green, 13 June, 1901[15] – May, 1902[16] (and as Commander (D) of Medway Instructional Flotilla)
- Lieutenant Kenneth G. B. Dewar, 21 April, 1903[17] – 19 August, 1903[18] (lent for manoeuvres, paid off at end)
- Lieutenant Kenneth G. B. Dewar, 14 July, 1904[19] – 1 September, 1904[20] (lent for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard F. White, 7 March, 1905[21] – 12 February, 1906[22]
- Lieutenant & Commander Denis G. Thynne, 11 September, 1906[23]
- Commander Charles J. Wintour, 14 January, 1908[24][25] – 4 January, 1910[26]
- Lieutenant in Command Alfred G. Peace, 26 March, 1912[27][28] – 21 April, 1914[29]
- Lieutenant George C. Dillon, 2 July, 1912[30] (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant in Command Percy R. P. Percival, 21 April, 1914[31][32] – 8 December, 1915[33]
- Lieutenant in Command Richard Harter, 4 February, 1916[34] – 19 March, 1916[35] (superseded on account of measles)
- Lieutenant in Command Denis Q. Fildes, 19 March, 1916[36] – early 1917[Inference]
- Lieutenant in Command Gordon F. Hannay, 24 March, 1917[37] – 1918[Inference]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Eric L. M. Shepherd, 17 September, 1918[38] – 1919[Fact Check]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 344.
- ↑ de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 253.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 253.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 281.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 30.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 30.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 14 June 1901. (36481), p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 7 May 1902. (36761), p. 10.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
- ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 345.
- ↑ Wintour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/224. f. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 345.
- ↑ Wintour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/224. f. 245.
- ↑ Peace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/73. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 345.
- ↑ Peace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/73. f. ?.
- ↑ Dillon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 113.
- ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396a.
- ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
- ↑ Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
- ↑ Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396bb.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395q.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 845.
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