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| − | {{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Ernest Hamlyn Bannister Williams|nick=Ernest H. B. Williams|appt=4 January, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 351}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Robert Wrottesley|nick=Francis R. Wrottesley|appt=22 December, 1902{{NLOct04|p. 352}}|end=}} |
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Fawcett|nick=John Fawcett|appt=14 July, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 365}}|end=30 June, 1915<ref>Fawcett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604265}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Fawcett|nick=John Fawcett|appt=14 July, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 365}}|end=30 June, 1915<ref>Fawcett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604265}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hubert William Douglas Griffith|nick=Hubert W. D. Griffith|appt=30 June, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 396''i''}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hubert William Douglas Griffith|nick=Hubert W. D. Griffith|appt=30 June, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 396''i''}}|end=}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} R.N.R. in Command|name=Kingsley Gordon Howe|nick=Kingsley G. Howe|appt=22 July, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 396''c''}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} R.N.R. in Command|name=Kingsley Gordon Howe|nick=Kingsley G. Howe|appt=22 July, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 396''c''}}|end=}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command|name=Sydney Robbins|nick=Sydney Robbins|appt=28 May, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 856}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command|name=Sydney Robbins|nick=Sydney Robbins|appt=28 May, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 856}}|end=}} |
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Revision as of 09:14, 9 April 2016
| H.M.S. Orwell (1898) | |
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| Pendant Number: | D.49 (1914) D.86 (Sep 1915) D.63 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Laird[2] |
| Ordered: | 1897-98[3] |
| Laid down: | 9 Nov, 1897[4] |
| Launched: | 29 Sep, 1898[5] |
| Commissioned: | Jan, 1900[6] |
| Broken up: | 1922[7] |
H.M.S. Orwell was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, active with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Francis R. Wrottesley, 22 December, 1902[9]
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest H. B. Williams, 4 January, 1912[10]
- Lieutenant-Commander John Fawcett, 14 July, 1914[11] – 30 June, 1915[12]
- Lieutenant in Command Hubert W. D. Griffith, 30 June, 1915[13]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Kingsley G. Howe, 22 July, 1916[14]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Sydney Robbins, 28 May, 1918[15]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 352.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 365.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396i.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396c.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 856.
Bibliography
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