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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I, ''Ru.''''')|name=Edward Alexander Dimsdale Masterman|nick=Edward A. D. Masterman|appt=16 February, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 368}}|end=12 April, 1911|note=and for Whitehead Experiments}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I, ''Ru.''''')|name=Edward Alexander Dimsdale Masterman|nick=Edward A. D. Masterman|appt=16 February, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 368}}|end=12 April, 1911|note=and for Whitehead Experiments}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster|nick=Forster D. Arnold-Forster|appt=12 April, 1911<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>|end=16 June, 1911<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster|nick=Forster D. Arnold-Forster|appt=12 April, 1911<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>|end=16 June, 1911<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 15:41, 10 October 2017
| H.M.S. Rocket (1894) | |
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| Builder: | Thomson[1] |
| Ordered: | 1893-94[2] |
| Laid down: | 14 Feb, 1894[3] |
| Launched: | 14 Aug, 1894[4] |
| Commissioned: | Jul, 1895[5] |
| Broken up: | 1912[6] |
H.M.S. Rocket was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".
Like many of the "A" class, she was broken up before the war.
Service
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest E. Lacy, 14 January, 1896[7] – 23 May, 1896
- Lieutenant & Commander Evan C. Bunbury, 17 February, 1903[8]
- Lieutenant in Command Osmond J. Prentis, 19 April, 1904[9] – 20 May, 1904[10]
- Lieutenant & Commander Michael Barne, 3 January, 1905 – 1 April, 1905
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald G. Copleston, 1 April, 1905[11] – 20 October, 1905[12]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry F. D. Jelf, 20 October, 1905[13]
- Lieutenant & Commander Percy Crabtree, 1 January, 1906 – 8 February, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander Arthur T. Blackwood, 20 February, 1906 – before 27 April, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard Daly, April, 1906[14] – 5 August, 1906
- Lieutenant Leonard A. B. Donaldson, June, 1906[15] – late June, 1906[16] (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Theodore E. J. Bigg, 3 August, 1906[17][18] – 26 April, 1907[19]
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald Henniker-Heaton, June, 1907[20] – 5 March, 1908[21]
- Lieutenant & Commander Herbert R. Stokes, 5 March, 1908[22] – May, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Cecil R. Nicholl, May, 1909[23] – 29 July, 1909[Inference]
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Walter G. Rigg, 29 July, 1909[24] – 20 June, 1910
- Lieutenant-Commander (T) Cecil R. Nicholl, 25 October, 1910 – 16 February, 1911
- Commander (I, Ru.) Edward A. D. Masterman, 16 February, 1911[25] – 12 April, 1911 (and for Whitehead Experiments)
- Commander Forster D. Arnold-Forster, 12 April, 1911[26] – 16 June, 1911[27]
- Commander Forster D. Arnold-Forster, 25 July, 1911[28] – 1 August, 1911[29]
- Commander William L. Elder, 9 August, 1911 – 31 October, 1911
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 256.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 300.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
- ↑ Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 368.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 368.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
- ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 368.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
Bibliography
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| Ardent | Boxer | Bruizer | Charger | Dasher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hasty | Hardy | Haughty | Janus | Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Porcupine | Salmon | Snapper | Banshee | Contest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dragon | Conflict | Teazer | Wizard | Fervent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zephyr | Handy | Hart | Hunter | Opossum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ranger | Sunfish | Rocket | Shark | Surly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skate | Starfish | Sturgeon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spitfire | Swordfish | Zebra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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