H.M.S. Ostrich (1900)

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H.M.S. Ostrich (1900)
Pendant Number: P.56 (1914)
D.65 (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 28 Jun, 1899[4]
Launched: 22 Mar, 1900[5]
Commissioned: Dec, 1901[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Ostrich was one of forty destroyers of the "C" class — a "30 knotter".

Service

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

Ostrich collided with the light cruiser Concord on 19 February, 1917.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
  9. Paton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/60. f. 68.
  10. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  11. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 7 January, 1905. Issue 37598, col C, p. 10.
  13. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  14. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 July, 1905. Issue 37768, col A, p. 7.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
  17. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 352.
  18. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396i.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396c.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 857.

Bibliography


"C" Class Destroyer
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Flying Fish Fawn Flirt Bullfinch Dove
Violet Sylvia Lee Avon Bittern
Otter Leopard Vixen Brazen Electra
Recruit Vulture Kestrel Cheerful Mermaid
Greyhound Racehorse Roebuck Gipsy Fairy
Osprey Leven Falcon Ostrich Thorn
Tiger Vigilant Albatross Viper Velox
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