H.M.S. Racehorse (1900)

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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".

Trials

Racehorse completed her steam trials on 17 December, 1901. On her full-speed trial she obtained 30.354 knots on the measured mile, and averaged 30.345 knots over three hours.[8]

Service

In mid-1913, active with Sixth Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[9]

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. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 19 December, 1901. Issue 36642, col A, p. 7.
  9. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 364.
  10. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 365.
  11. The Navy List (December, 1918), p. 889.

Bibliography


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