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* Lieutenant & Commander [[Ernest Hamlyn Bannister Williams|Ernest H. B. Williams]], 4 January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 351.</ref>
 
* Lieutenant & Commander [[Ernest Hamlyn Bannister Williams|Ernest H. B. Williams]], 4 January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 351.</ref>
 
* {{LCommRN}} [[John Fawcett]], 14 July, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 365.</ref>
 
* {{LCommRN}} [[John Fawcett]], 14 July, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 365.</ref>
* Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command [[Sydney Robbins]], 28 May, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918), p. 857.</ref>
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* Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command [[Sydney Robbins]], 28 May, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1919), p. 856.</ref>
 
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Revision as of 16:33, 6 January 2014

H.M.S. Orwell (1898)
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 destroyers of the "B" class — a "30 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, active with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 351.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 351.
  10. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 365.
  11. The Navy List (February, 1919), p. 856.

Bibliography


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