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|launch=14 Aug, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 93}} | |launch=14 Aug, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 93}} | ||
− | |builder=[[Thomson]]{{Conways1860|p. 93}} | + | |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 | ||
|pend= | |pend= | ||
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
− | '''H.M.S. ''Rocket''''' was one of | + | '''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 | + | Like most of the 27 knotters, she was broken up before the war. |
− | ==Service== | + | ==Construction & Service== |
+ | |||
+ | 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 {{ | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Rocket''"> |
− | {{ | + | {{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=Ernest Edward Lacy|nick=Ernest E. Lacy|appt=14 January, 1896{{NLMar96|p. 256}}|end=23 May, 1896}} | ||
+ | {{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=c. August, 1897|note=for Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}} | ||
+ | {{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={{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>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Michael Barne|nick=Michael Barne|appt=3 January, 1905{{NMI|Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4}}|end=1 April, 1905}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Francis Donhoff Jelf|nick=Henry F. D. Jelf|appt=20 October, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 368}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Percy Crabtree|nick=Percy Crabtree|appt=1 January, 1906|end=8 February, 1906}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Temple Blackwood|nick=Arthur T. Blackwood|appt=20 February, 1906|end=before 27 April, 1906}} | ||
+ | {{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={{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=Herbert Richardson Stokes|nick=Herbert R. Stokes|appt=5 March, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 368}}|end=May, 1909}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Cecil Rice Nicholl|nick=Cecil R. Nicholl|appt=May, 1909{{NLJul09|p. 368}}|end=mid 1909{{INF}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald George Talbot|nick=Reginald G. Talbot|appt=mid 1909|end=29 July, 1909}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Walter Geoffrey Rigg|nick=Walter G. Rigg|appt=29 July, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 368}}|end=20 June, 1910}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Walter Geoffrey Rigg|nick=Walter G. Rigg|appt=7 September, 1910|end=17 October, 1910}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Cecil Rice Nicholl|nick=Cecil R. Nicholl|appt=25 October, 1910|end=16 February, 1911}} | ||
+ | {{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=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>}} | ||
+ | {{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== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
− | {{WP| | + | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rocket_(1894)}} |
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Revision as of 19:09, 6 September 2019
H.M.S. Rocket (1894) | |
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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.
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederick K. C. Gibbons, 24 July, 1895[8] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1895)
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest E. Lacy, 14 January, 1896[9] – 23 May, 1896
- Lieutenant & Commander Fawcet Wray, 15 June, 1897[10] – c. August, 1897 (for Jubilee Naval Review and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederic W. Dean, 18 August, 1897[11]
- Lieutenant & Commander Evan C. Bunbury, 17 February, 1903[12]
- Lieutenant in Command Osmond J. Prentis, 19 April, 1904[13] – 20 May, 1904[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander Michael Barne, 3 January, 1905[15] – 1 April, 1905
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald G. Copleston, 1 April, 1905[16] – 20 October, 1905[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry F. D. Jelf, 20 October, 1905[18]
- 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[19] – 5 August, 1906
- Lieutenant Leonard A. B. Donaldson, June, 1906[20] – late June, 1906[21] (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Theodore E. J. Bigg, 3 August, 1906[22][23] – 26 April, 1907[24]
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald Henniker-Heaton, June, 1907[25] – 5 March, 1908[26]
- Lieutenant & Commander Herbert R. Stokes, 5 March, 1908[27] – May, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Cecil R. Nicholl, May, 1909[28] – mid 1909[Inference]
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald G. Talbot, mid 1909 – 29 July, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Walter G. Rigg, 29 July, 1909[29] – 20 June, 1910
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Walter G. Rigg, 7 September, 1910 – 17 October, 1910
- Lieutenant-Commander (T) Cecil R. Nicholl, 25 October, 1910 – 16 February, 1911
- Commander (I, Ru.) Edward A. D. Masterman, 16 February, 1911[30] – 12 April, 1911 (and for Whitehead Experiments)
- Commander Forster D. Arnold-Forster, 12 April, 1911[31] – 16 June, 1911[32]
- Commander Forster D. Arnold-Forster, 25 July, 1911[33] – 1 August, 1911[34]
- 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 Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 256.
- ↑ "The Diamond Jubilee" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 16, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35231.
- ↑ Dean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/39. f. 41.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
- ↑ 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.
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