H.M.S. Orwell (1898)

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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 "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.

Some Lieutenant & Commander "John W. Pugh" was appointed on 21 November, 1906, but I cannot determine exactly what his full name is.[22]

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. (May, 1902). p. 287.
  10. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 351.
  11. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 351.
  12. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 351.
  13. Allsup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/169. f. 170.
  14. Some inference here, but Tudor was invalided following surgery, to 2 September.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 351.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 365.
  18. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  19. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396i.
  20. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396c.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 856.
  22. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 351.

Bibliography


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