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|launch=22 May, 1913{{Conways1906|p. 75}} | |launch=22 May, 1913{{Conways1906|p. 75}} | ||
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|builder=[[London & Glasgow]]{{Conways1906|p. 75}} | |builder=[[London & Glasgow]]{{Conways1906|p. 75}} | ||
|pend=H.13 (1914)<br>H.40 (Sep 1915)<br>H.79 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 63}} | |pend=H.13 (1914)<br>H.40 (Sep 1915)<br>H.79 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 63}} | ||
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
− | '''H.M.S. ''Midge''''' was one of | + | '''H.M.S. ''Midge''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]]. |
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+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | 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. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
− | <div name=fredbot: | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Midge''"> |
− | + | {{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}} | |
+ | {{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]]}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Henry Forrester|nick=Henry Forrester|appt=June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''bb''}}|end=1917{{INF}}}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=15 November, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 845}}|end=11 February, 1919}} | ||
+ | {{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.}} | ||
+ | {{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.}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
− | {{WP| | + | * [[Fourth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]] |
+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Midge_(1913)}} | ||
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Revision as of 09:30, 31 July 2017
H.M.S. Midge (1913) | |
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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.
- Lieutenant-Commander Hubert E. Gore-Langton, 3 February, 1914[8] – 2 August, 1915[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander James R. C. Cavendish, 2 August, 1915[10][11] – 6 July, 1916[12] (in command at the Battle of Jutland)
- Lieutenant in Command Henry Forrester, June, 1916[13] – 1917[Inference]
- Lieutenant in Command Ralph G. H. Izat, 21 June, 1917[14][15] – 5 July, 1918[16]
- Lieutenant in Command Donald C. Brock, 15 November, 1918[17] – 11 February, 1919
- Lieutenant in Command Edward S. F. Fegen, 27 February, 1919[18] – 7 April, 1919[19] (and for command of group of T.B.Ds.)
- Lieutenant-Commander Leslie T. Creery Hill, 7 April, 1919[20][21] – 1 October, 1919[22] (and for command of group of T.B.Ds.)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 811.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 396.
- ↑ Gore-Langton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/16. f. 419?
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396a.
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396bb.
- ↑ Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395q.
- ↑ Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 845.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 854a.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
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