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|launch=14 Aug, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 93}}
 
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|builder=[[J. & G. Thomson]]{{Conways1860|p. 93}}
 
|laid=14 Feb, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 93}}
 
|laid=14 Feb, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 93}}
 
|fate=Broken up
 
|fate=Broken up
 
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'''H.M.S. ''Rocket''''' was one of forty-two [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "27 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Rocket''''' was one of thirty-six [[27 Knotter]]s, a broad meta-class of early [[Torpedo Boat Destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1890s.
  
Like many of the "A" class, she was broken up before the war.
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Like most of the 27 knotters, she was broken up before the war.
  
==Service==
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==Construction & Service==
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She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1909]].{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Rocket''">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Rocket''">
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest Edward Lacy|nick=Ernest E. Lacy|appt=14 January, 1896{{NLMar96|p. 256}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick Kenrick Colquhoun Gibbons|nick=Frederick K. C. Gibbons|appt=24 July, 1895{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1895]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson|nick=Adolphus H. Williamson|appt=12 August, 1897{{NLFeb00|p. 292}}|end=1900}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest Edward Lacy|nick=Ernest E. Lacy|appt=14 January, 1896{{NLMar96|p. 256}}|end=23 May, 1896}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Barnes Sparks|nick=John B. Sparks|appt=15 June, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 299}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Fawcet Wray|nick=Fawcet Wray|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>"The Diamond Jubilee" ''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 16, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35231.</ref>|end=|note=for Naval Review at Spithead}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederic William Dean|nick=Frederic W. Dean|appt=18 August, 1897<ref>Dean Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/39.|}} f. 41.</ref>|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Evan Campbell Bunbury|nick=Evan C. Bunbury|appt=17 February, 1903{{NLMay03|p. 300}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Evan Campbell Bunbury|nick=Evan C. Bunbury|appt=17 February, 1903{{NLMay03|p. 300}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=19 April, 1904<ref>Prentis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=20 May, 1904<ref>Prentis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Michael Barne|nick=Michael Barne|appt=3 January, 1905|end=1 April, 1905}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Gay Copleston|nick=Reginald G. Copleston|appt=1 April, 1905<ref>Copleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>|end=20 October, 1905<ref>Copleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Francis Donhoff Jelf|nick=Henry F. D. Jelf|appt=20 October, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 368}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Percy Crabtree|nick=Percy Crabtree|appt=1 January, 1906|end=8 February, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Temple Blackwood|nick=Arthur T. Blackwood|appt=20 February, 1906|end=before 27 April, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard Daly|nick=Richard Daly|appt=April, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 368}}|end=5 August, 1906}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=June, 1906<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=late June, 1906<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=June, 1906<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=late June, 1906<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=3 August, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 368}}|end=mid 1907}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=3 August, 1906<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 368}}|end=26 April, 1907<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|nick=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|appt=June, 1907<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>|end=5 March, 1908<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|nick=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|appt=June, 1907<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>|end=5 March, 1908<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Herbert Richardson Stokes|nick=Herbert R. Stokes|appt=5 March, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 368}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Herbert Richardson Stokes|nick=Herbert R. Stokes|appt=5 March, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 368}}|end=May, 1909}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Walter Geoffrey Rigg|nick=Walter G. Rigg|appt=29 July, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 368}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Cecil Rice Nicholl|nick=Cecil R. Nicholl|appt=May, 1909{{NLJul09|p. 368}}|end=mid 1909{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald George Talbot|nick=Reginald G. Talbot|appt=mid 1909|end=29 July, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Walter Geoffrey Rigg|nick=Walter G. Rigg|appt=29 July, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 368}}|end=20 June, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Walter Geoffrey Rigg|nick=Walter G. Rigg|appt=7 September, 1910|end=17 October, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Cecil Rice Nicholl|nick=Cecil R. Nicholl|appt=25 October, 1910|end=16 February, 1911}}
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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}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster|nick=Forster D. Arnold-Forster|appt=25 July, 1911<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>|end=1 August, 1911<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Leslie Elder|nick=William L. Elder|appt=9 August, 1911|end=31 October, 1911}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 12:17, 14 April 2019

H.M.S. Rocket (1894)
Builder: J. & G. 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 thirty-six 27 Knotters, a broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.

Like most of the 27 knotters, she was broken up before the war.

Construction & Service

She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  8. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  9. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 256.
  10. "The Diamond Jubilee" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 16, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35231.
  11. Dean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/39. f. 41.
  12. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 300.
  13. Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  14. Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  15. Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
  16. Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
  17. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 368.
  18. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 368.
  19. Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  20. Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  21. Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  22. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 368.
  23. Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  24. Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
  25. Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
  26. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 368.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 368.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 368.
  29. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 368.
  30. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
  31. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
  32. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
  33. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.

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