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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Saumarez Dumaresq|nick=John S. Dumaresq|appt=7 February, 1908<ref>Dumaresq Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 340.</ref>|end=c. early 1910<ref>Dumaresq Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 340.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 350}}}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Macrorie|nick=Arthur K. Macrorie|appt=10 February, 1910<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|end=25 August, 1910<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Macrorie|nick=Arthur K. Macrorie|appt=10 February, 1910<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|end=25 August, 1910<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Herbert William Wyld|nick=Herbert W. Wyld|appt=14 February, 1911<ref>Wyld Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>|end=31 October, 1911<ref>Wyld Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Claude Baynard Evans|nick=Claude B. Evans|appt=27 March, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 350}}|note=after a refit in Pembroke Dock{{NLMar13|p. 350}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Claude Baynard Evans|nick=Claude B. Evans|appt=27 March, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 350}}|note=after a refit in Pembroke Dock{{NLMar13|p. 350}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=6 September, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=14 October, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=6 September, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=14 October, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=temporary}}

Revision as of 14:58, 19 December 2016

H.M.S. Nith (1905)
Pendant Number: N.77 (1914)
D.27 (Sep 1915)
D.60 (Jan 1918)
H.78 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: J. S. White[2]
Ordered: 1903-04 Programme[3]
Laid down: 5 May, 1904[4]
Launched: 7 Mar, 1905[5]
Completed: Oct, 1905[6]
Commissioned: Oct, 1905[7]
Broken up: 1919[8]

H.M.S. Nith was one of the Royal Navy's thirty-six "River" class destroyers.

Service

In March, 1910, Nith was part of the First Destroyer Flotilla, then part of the First Division, Home Fleet.

In mid-1913, she was with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla, a Patrol Flotilla in Home and Atlantic Waters.

Upon the dissolution of 9 D.F. in August 1915, Nith was sent to the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, also a Patrol Flotilla in Home and Atlantic Waters. In January, 1919, she was sent "temporarily" to the Nore to await her post-war fate.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  6. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  9. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
  10. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
  11. St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 350.
  13. St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  14. Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
  15. Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 350.
  17. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  18. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  19. Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  20. Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 350.
  22. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
  23. Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  24. Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  25. Helyar Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/294. f. 325.
  26. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396g.
  27. Helyar Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/294. f. 325.
  28. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395y.
  29. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 853.

Bibliography


River Class Destroyer
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Usk Derwent Eden Foyle Itchen
Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
Ure Wear Liffey Moy Ouse
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  Rother Stour Test  
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