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==Service==
 
==Service==
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In mid-1913, active with {{UK-DF|9}} — a patrol flotilla.{{NLJul13|p. 368}}
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''Rother'' was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander [[Reginald Graham Gregory|R. G. Gregory]] in {{UK-1Spitfire|f=p}}.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.</ref>
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In 1910, ''Rother'' was part of the {{UK-DF|1}}, operating as part of the First Division, Home Fleet.
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In mid-1913, active with {{UK-DF|9}} &mdash; a patrol flotilla.{{NLJul13|p. 368}}  She remained with 9 D.F. until going to join the [[Portsmouth Defence Flotilla]] in April, 1915.
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In August, 1917 ''Rother'' moved to join the {{UK-DF|7}} under the command of Rear-Admiral commanding the East Coast of England.
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In January, 1918, she moved to join the {{UK-DF|1}} under command of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
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By May 1919, ''Rother'' was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.{{NLMay19|pp. 1105, 1105''b''}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Stronack Foster Forbes|nick=William S. F. Forbes|appt=1 August, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 369}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Bernard John Hamilton Ward|nick=Bernard J. H. Ward|appt=23 May, 1905|end=1 August, 1905|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=31 March, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 368}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Stronack Foster Forbes|nick=William S. F. Forbes|appt=1 August, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 369}}|end=31 March, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=31 March, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 368}}|end=29 September, 1908}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Francis Hyde|nick=George F. Hyde|appt=29 September, 1908<ref>Hyde Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/97.|D7605184}} f. 51.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 368}}|end=18 October, 1909<ref>Hyde Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/97.|D7605184}} f. 51.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Francis Hyde|nick=George F. Hyde|appt=29 September, 1908<ref>Hyde Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/97.|D7605184}} f. 51.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 368}}|end=18 October, 1909<ref>Hyde Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/97.|D7605184}} f. 51.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Claud Finlinson Allsup|nick=Claud F. Allsup|appt=19 October, 1909<ref>Allsup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/169.|D7603676}} f. 170.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 368}}|end=4 September, 1911<ref>Allsup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/169.|D7603676}} f. 170.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Claud Finlinson Allsup|nick=Claud F. Allsup|appt=19 October, 1909<ref>Allsup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/169.|D7603676}} f. 170.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 368}}|end=4 September, 1911<ref>Allsup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/169.|D7603676}} f. 170.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=David Victor Fairfax Erskine|nick=David V. F. Erskine|appt=September, 1911|end=15 December, 1911|note=assumed command on reducing}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Palmer Landon|nick=John P. Landon|appt=6 July, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 368}}|end=29 July, 1912}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Arthur Hornell|nick=Robert A. Hornell|appt=29 July, 1912<ref>Hornell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>|end=21 February, 1913<ref>Hornell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Arthur Hornell|nick=Robert A. Hornell|appt=29 July, 1912<ref>Hornell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>|end=21 February, 1913<ref>Hornell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=22 February, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 368}}<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=6 April, 1914<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=22 February, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 368}}<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=6 April, 1914<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Quentin Charles Alexander Craufurd|nick=Quentin C. A. Craufurd|appt=6 April, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 397''l-r''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Quentin Charles Alexander Craufurd|nick=Quentin C. A. Craufurd|appt=6 April, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 397''l-r''}}|end=5 January, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Radcliffe James|nick=Henry R. James|appt=7 January, 1916|end=29 March, 1916}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Alan Pennington Legh|nick=John A. P. Legh|appt=29 March, 1916<ref>Legh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/430.|D8123265}} f. 430.</ref>|end=4 July, 1916<ref>Legh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/430.|D8123265}} f. 430.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Alan Pennington Legh|nick=John A. P. Legh|appt=29 March, 1916<ref>Legh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/430.|D8123265}} f. 430.</ref>|end=4 July, 1916<ref>Legh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/430.|D8123265}} f. 430.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Ernest Mortimer Hawkins|nick=Ernest M. Hawkins|appt=25 June, 1917{{NLAug17|p. 397''p''}}|end=c. 25 August, 1917{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford|nick=Edward D. W. Lawford|appt=25 January, 1917|end=26 June, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Ernest Mortimer Hawkins|nick=Ernest M. Hawkins|appt=25 June, 1917<ref>Hawkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/221.|}} f. 222.</ref>{{NLAug17|p. 397''p''}}|end=7 September, 1917<ref>Hawkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/221.|}} f. 222.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Arthur Cocks|nick=Arthur Cocks|appt=25 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 397''p''}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Arthur Cocks|nick=Arthur Cocks|appt=25 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 397''p''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LieutRN}} R.N.R.|name=Edward Robert Lingen Burton|nick=Edward R. Lingen Burton|appt=30 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 898}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LieutRN}} R.N.R. (in Command?)|name=Edward Robert Lingen-Burton|nick=Edward R. Lingen-Burton|appt=30 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 898}}|end=c. November 1918<ref>Lingen-Burton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/58/141.|}} f. 141.  The month has two digits but is too faded to read.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}} (in Command?)|name=Robert Bannister Lyness|nick=Robert B. Lyness|appt=17 October, 1918<ref>Lyness Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/53/225.|}} f. 225.</ref>|end=6 March, 1919<ref>Lyness Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/53/225.|}} f. 225.</ref>}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 11:34, 17 June 2022

H.M.S. Rother (1904)
Pendant Number: N.32 (1914)
D.29 (Sep 1915)
D.73 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: Purchased
Laid down: 23 Mar, 1903[3]
Launched: 5 Jan, 1904[4]
Completed: May, 1905[5]
Commissioned: May, 1905[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

H.M.S. Rother was one of the Royal Navy's thirty-six "River" class destroyers.

Service

Rother was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander R. G. Gregory in H.M.S. Spitfire.[8]

In 1910, Rother was part of the First Destroyer Flotilla, operating as part of the First Division, Home Fleet.

In mid-1913, active with Ninth Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[9] She remained with 9 D.F. until going to join the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla in April, 1915.

In August, 1917 Rother moved to join the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Rear-Admiral commanding the East Coast of England.

In January, 1918, she moved to join the First Destroyer Flotilla under command of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

By May 1919, Rother was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  8. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 368.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 369.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 368.
  13. ↑ Hyde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/97. f. 51.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 368.
  15. ↑ Hyde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/97. f. 51.
  16. ↑ Allsup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/169. f. 170.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 368.
  18. ↑ Allsup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/169. f. 170.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 368.
  20. ↑ Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
  21. ↑ Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 368.
  23. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  24. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397l-r.
  26. ↑ Legh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/430. f. 430.
  27. ↑ Legh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/430. f. 430.
  28. ↑ Hawkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/221. f. 222.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 397p.
  30. ↑ Hawkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/221. f. 222.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397p.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 898.
  33. ↑ Lingen-Burton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/141. f. 141. The month has two digits but is too faded to read.
  34. ↑ Lyness Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/225. f. 225.
  35. ↑ Lyness Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/225. f. 225.

Bibliography


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