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'''H.M.S. ''Racehorse''''' was one of forty destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
 
'''H.M.S. ''Racehorse''''' was one of forty destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
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==Service==
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In mid-1913, active with {{UK-DF|6}} &mdash; a patrol flotilla.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 364.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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* Lieutenant-in-Command [[Edward P. U. Pender]], 20 February, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 365.</ref>
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* Lieutenant in Command [[Edward P. U. Pender]], 20 February, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 365.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 11:21, 15 July 2013

H.M.S. Racehorse (1900)
Pendant Number: P.15 (1914)
D.66 (Sep 1915)
D.71 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 23 Oct, 1899[4]
Launched: 8 Nov, 1900[5]
Commissioned: Mar, 1902[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

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

Service

In mid-1913, active with Sixth Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  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. 364.
  9. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 365.

Bibliography


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Recruit Vulture Kestrel Cheerful Mermaid
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Osprey Leven Falcon Ostrich Thorn
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