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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Luce|nick=John Luce|appt=13 June, 1899<ref>Luce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=before 24 August, 1899<ref>Luce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 79.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Luce|nick=John Luce|appt=13 June, 1899<ref>Luce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 79.</ref>|end=before 24 August, 1899<ref>Luce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 79.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert James Buchanan|nick=Robert J. Buchanan|appt=4 September, 1905<ref>Buchanan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/4.|D7603511}} f. 4.</ref>|end=1 January, 1906<ref>Buchanan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/4.|D7603511}} f. 4.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=1 April, 1906<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=1 April, 1906<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Humphrey Thomas Walwyn|nick=Humphrey T. Walwyn|appt=14 July, 1904<ref>Walwyn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Humphrey Thomas Walwyn|nick=Humphrey T. Walwyn|appt=14 July, 1904<ref>Walwyn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}} |
Revision as of 10:41, 31 December 2016
H.M.S. Spitfire (1895) | |
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Builder: | Armstrong[1] |
Ordered: | 1893-94[2] |
Laid down: | 4 Jun, 1894[3] |
Launched: | 7 Jun, 1895[4] |
Commissioned: | Nov, 1896[5] |
Broken up: | 1912[6] |
H.M.S. Spitfire was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".
Service
Like many of her sisters, she was broken up before the war.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant in Command John Luce, 13 June, 1899[7] – before 24 August, 1899[8]
- Lieutenant & Commander Robert J. Buchanan, 4 September, 1905[9] – 1 January, 1906[10]
- Lieutenant in Command Osmond J. Prentis, 1 April, 1906[11] – 28 May, 1906[12]
- Lieutenant in Command Humphrey T. Walwyn, 14 July, 1904[13] (for manoeuvres)
- Commander James R. P. Hawksley, 11 July, 1905[14] – 3 September, 1905[15]
- Lieutenant & Commander Vaughan A. E. Hanning-Lee, 28 May, 1906[16]
- Lieutenant & Commander Leonard Robinson, 10 July, 1907[17]
- Lieutenant in Command George W. Taylor, 30 March, 1909[18] – 26 November, 1909[19]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry C. Rawlings, 26 November, 1909[20][21] – May, 1910[22]
Equipment
In 1896, Swordfish and Spitfire were fitted with Tower's Steady Platform search lights which proved "very satisfactory,"[23] having been improved since 1889 evaluations. In tests at Chatham on 13th October, 1896, Spitfire was moored in basin number 3 and rolled about 25 degrees while she shone her light on a hatch-painted test vessel. The light beam did not waver by more than a half degree during the test.[24]
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.
- ↑ Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
- ↑ Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
- ↑ Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
- ↑ Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
- ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 378.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 378.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 378.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. ix.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. 51.
Bibliography
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Spitfire | Swordfish | Zebra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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