H.M.S. Mermaid (1898)

H.M.S. Mermaid (1898)
Pendant Number:	P.35 (1914) D.63 (Sep 1915) D.56 (Jan 1918) H.85 (Sep 1918)
Builder:	Hawthorn Leslie
Ordered:	1896-97 Programme
Laid down:	7 Sep, 1896
Launched:	22 Feb, 1898
Commissioned:	Jun, 1899
Broken up:	1919

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.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander John M. de Robeck, ? – 28 November, 1899
• Commander Mark E. F. Kerr, 28 November, 1899 – 9 March, 1900
• Commander Mark E. F. Kerr, 4 January, 1901 – 13 June, 1901
• Commander John F. E. Green, 13 June, 1901 – May, 1902  (and as Commander (D) of Medway Instructional Flotilla)
• Lieutenant Kenneth G. B. Dewar, 21 April, 1903 – 19 August, 1903  (lent for manoeuvres, paid off at end)
• Lieutenant Kenneth G. B. Dewar, 14 July, 1904 – 1 September, 1904  (lent for manoeuvres)
• Lieutenant & Commander Richard F. White, 7 March, 1905 – 12 February, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Denis G. Thynne, 11 September, 1906
• Commander Charles J. Wintour, 14 January, 1908
• Lieutenant in Command Alfred G. Peace, 26 March, 1912 – 21 April, 1914
• Lieutenant George C. Dillon, 2 July, 1912  (for manoeuvres)
• Lieutenant in Command Percy R. P. Percival, 21 April, 1914
• Lieutenant in Command Denis Q. Fildes, 19 March, 1916 – early 1917^[Inference]
• Lieutenant in Command Gordon F. Hannay, 24 March, 1917 – 1918^[Inference]
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Eric L. M. Shepherd, 17 September, 1918 – 1919^{[Fact Check]}

See Also

• Wikipedia