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'''H.M.S. ''Midge''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|Acasta class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Midge''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
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==Service==
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At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|James R. C. Cavendish]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
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Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 4 February, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 811}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton|nick=Hubert E. Gore-Langton|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 396}}|end=2 August, 1915<ref>Gore-Langton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/16.|D7603920}} f. 419?</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=2 August, 1915<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 396''a''}}|end=6 July, 1916<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>|note=in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Henry Forrester|nick=Henry Forrester|appt=June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''bb''}}|end=1917{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ralph George Hamilton Izat|nick=Ralph G. H. Izat|appt=21 June, 1917<ref>Izat Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/28.|D8116660}} f. 28.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 395''q''}}|end=5 July, 1918<ref>Izat Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/28.|D8116660}} f. 28.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=15 November, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 845}}|end=11 February, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=27 February, 1919<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|end=7 April, 1919<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|note=and for command of group of T.B.Ds.}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leslie Thomas Creery Hill|nick=Leslie T. Creery Hill|appt=7 April, 1919<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/332.|D7605087}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 854''a''}}|end=1 October, 1919<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/332.|D7605087}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and for command of group of T.B.Ds.}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 09:30, 31 July 2017

H.M.S. Midge (1913)
Pendant Number: H.13 (1914)
H.40 (Sep 1915)
H.79 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Launched: 22 May, 1913[3]
Completed: Mar, 1914[4]
Sold: Nov, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Midge was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander James R. C. Cavendish.[6]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 4 February, 1920.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 811.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 396.
  9. ↑ Gore-Langton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/16. f. 419?
  10. ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396a.
  12. ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396bb.
  14. ↑ Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395q.
  16. ↑ Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 845.
  18. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  19. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  20. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 854a.
  22. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.

Bibliography


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