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'''H.M.S. ''Spitfire''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Spitfire''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
  
 
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At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Clarence Walter Eyre Trelawny|Clarence W. E. Trelawny]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
  
 
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Revision as of 15:53, 4 January 2014

H.M.S. Spitfire (1912)
Pendant Number: H.41 (1914)
H.1A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Launched: 23 Dec, 1912[3]
Sold: May, 1921[4]

H.M.S. Spitfire was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

There was also an 27 knotter of 1895 named Spitfire.

Service

Spitfire was ordered to join the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla upon commissioning.[5]

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Clarence W. E. Trelawny.[6]

She was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 377.
  6. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 382.

Bibliography


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