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'''H.M.S. ''Nereus''''' was one of 103 destroyers of the [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Nereus''''' was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Great War]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Nereus'' joined the {{UK-DF|13}} in May, 1916,{{SMNLMay16|p. 12}} but did not participate in the [[Battle of Jutland]].  In November, 1917, she was one of eight "M"s evicted from 13 D.F., being sent directly to the {{UK-DF|4}} where she was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, Devonport.{{SMNLNov17|pp. 12, 14}}
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In 1916, she trialed a [[Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type A]] for torpedo control.{{ARTS1916|p. 30}}
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''Nereus'' joined the {{UK-DF|13}} in May 1916,{{SMNLMay16|p. 12}} but did not participate in the [[Battle of Jutland]].  In November, 1917, she was one of eight "M"s evicted from 13 D.F., being sent directly to the {{UK-DF|4}} where she was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, Devonport.{{SMNLNov17|pp. 12, 14}}
  
 
She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Chatham on 10 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 816}}
 
She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Chatham on 10 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 816}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=11 April, 1916<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>|end=c. late April, 1916<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Albert Fremantle|nick=Charles A. Fremantle|appt=April, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''e''}}|end=28 May, 1917<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 441.</ref>}}
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In 1915 or 1916, she trialed a [[Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type A]] for torpedo control.{{ARTS1916|p. 30}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Edward Horan|nick=Henry E. Horan|appt=28 May, 1917<ref>Horan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/5.|D8116637}} f. 5.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 395''x''}}|end=13 October, 1917<ref>Horan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/5.|D8116637}} f. 5.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Guy Percival Bowles|nick=Guy P. Bowles|appt=13 October, 1917<ref>Bowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/144.|D7604556}} f. 245.</ref>|end=5 November, 1917<ref>Bowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/144.|D7604556}} f. 245.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Reginald Nash|nick=Reginald Nash|appt=5 November, 1917<ref>Nash Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|D7605268}} f. 551.</ref>|end=6 February, 1918<ref>Nash Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|D7605268}} f. 551.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Humphrey Maurice Robson|nick=Humphrey M. Robson|appt=1 April, 1918<ref>Robson Service Records. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/55.|D7605142}} f. 411.</ref>|end=20 August, 1918<ref>Robson Service Records. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/55.|D7605142}} f. 411.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Wilfrid Fogarty Fegen|nick=Frederick W. F. Fegen|appt=27 August, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 852}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Ewer Cundall|nick=Charles E. Cundall|appt=1 February, 1919|end=4 July, 1919|note=and for command of [[Nore Local Defence Flotilla]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Barry Stewart Bingham|nick=E. B. S. Bingham|appt=4 July, 1919<ref>Bingham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>|end=1 October, 1919<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 18:07, 21 December 2021

H.M.S. Nereus (1916)
Pendant Number: G.19 (1914)
F.12 (Jan 1917)
F.33 (Jan 1918)
H.21 (Apr 1918)
H.37 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: Nov 1914 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 24 Feb, 1916[4]
Completed: May, 1916[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Nereus was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

In 1916, she trialed a Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type A for torpedo control.[6]

Nereus joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in May 1916,[7] but did not participate in the Battle of Jutland. In November, 1917, she was one of eight "M"s evicted from 13 D.F., being sent directly to the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla where she was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, Devonport.[8]

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Chatham on 10 October, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 65-68.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 66.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 308.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 30.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1916). p. 12.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1917). pp. 12, 14.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 816.
  10. ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  11. ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396e.
  13. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
  14. ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/5. f. 5.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395x.
  16. ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/5. f. 5.
  17. ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
  18. ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
  19. ↑ Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  20. ↑ Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  21. ↑ Robson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/55. f. 411.
  22. ↑ Robson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/55. f. 411.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 852.
  24. ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  25. ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.

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