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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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There was also an 27 knotter of 1895 named {{UK-1Spitfire}}.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Spitfire'' was ordered to join the {{UK-DF|4}} upon commissioning.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 377.</ref>
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[[File:Spitfire31May1916.jpg|thumb|right|256px|''Spitfire'' at Jutland, 31 May, 1916.<br><small>© Alan Bush.</small>]]
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''Spitfire'' was ordered to join the {{UK-DF|4}} upon commissioning.{{NLJul13|p. 377}}
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Under command of [[Clarence Walter Eyre Trelawny|Clarence W. E. Trelawny]], ''Spitfire'' was one of seven ''Acasta'' class destroyers of the {{UK-DF|4}} that saw action during the [[Scarborough Raid]] on 16 December 1914, acting as one of three destroyers in the second division.{{UKNavalOpsII|pp. 26-30}}
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At the [[Battle of Jutland]], ''Spitfire'' operated with the {{UK-DF|4}}, also under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Clarence Walter Eyre Trelawny|Clarence W. E. Trelawny]].  During the battle, Trelawny felt he torpedoed and sank a four-funneled cruiser of indeterminate type.  In the night action, she avoided a direct ramming attempt by the German {{DE-Nassau|f=t}}, but collided heavily with the dreadnought, which she wrongly judged to be a cruiser.  ''Spitfire'' collected a 20 foot section of armour and side-plating from ''Nassau'' before sustaining heavy blast damage to her upper works when the battleship fired her 11-in guns overhead.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44, 306}}
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|colspan=2 align=center|'''H.M.S. ''Spitfire'' after Battle of Jutland'''
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On the night of 12 September 1916 under the command of Lieutenant [[Humphrey Maurice Robson]], ''Spitfire'' was credited with sinking an enemy submarine by ramming while helping rescue the survivors of the hospital ship ''Rhodesia'' after she'd been torpedoed 160 miles off Fastnet by {{DE-U82}}.  Despite the claimed sinking, no known U-boat loss seems to coincide with this date.<ref>Robson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/55.|}} f. 411.</ref>
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''Spitfire'' was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 866}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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*{{LCommRN}} [[Clarence W. E. Trelawny]], 13 March, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 376.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Clarence Walter Eyre Trelawny|nick=Clarence W. E. Trelawny|appt=17 June, 1913<ref>Trelawny Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/32.|D7603539}} f. 32.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 398''d-k''}}|end=1 July, 1916<ref>Trelawny Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/32.|D7603539}} f. 32.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Humphrey Maurice Robson|nick=Humphrey M. Robson|appt=25 July, 1916<ref>Robson Service Records. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/55.|D7605142}} f. 411.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 398''d-k''}}|end=8 December, 1916<ref>Robson Service Records. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/55.|D7605142}} f. 411.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Reginald Mayo Geake|nick=Edward R. M. Geake|appt=25 January, 1917<ref>Geake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/243.|D7604998}} F. 257.</ref>{{NLAug17|p. 398}}|end=16 August, 1917<ref>Geake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/243.|D7604998}} F. 257.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=James Angus Douglas-Hamilton|nick=James A. Douglas-Hamilton|appt=16 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 398}}|end=16 April, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles William Vane Tempest Stewart Lepper|nick=Charles W. T. V. S. Lepper|appt=15 April, 1918|end=5 November, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William Vesey Hamilton Harris|nick=William V. H. Harris|appt=4 January, 1919{{NLFeb19|p. 910}}|end=25 February, 1919}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 20:05, 14 December 2021

H.M.S. Spitfire (1912)
Pendant Number: H.41 (1914)
H.1A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Launched: 23 Dec, 1912[3]
Completed: Jun, 1913[4]
Sold: May, 1921[5]

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 at Jutland, 31 May, 1916.
© Alan Bush.

Spitfire was ordered to join the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla upon commissioning.[6]

Under command of Clarence W. E. Trelawny, Spitfire was one of seven Acasta class destroyers of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla that saw action during the Scarborough Raid on 16 December 1914, acting as one of three destroyers in the second division.[7]

At the Battle of Jutland, Spitfire operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, also under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Clarence W. E. Trelawny. During the battle, Trelawny felt he torpedoed and sank a four-funneled cruiser of indeterminate type. In the night action, she avoided a direct ramming attempt by the German battleship Nassau, but collided heavily with the dreadnought, which she wrongly judged to be a cruiser. Spitfire collected a 20 foot section of armour and side-plating from Nassau before sustaining heavy blast damage to her upper works when the battleship fired her 11-in guns overhead.[8]

H.M.S. Spitfire after Battle of Jutland
Spitfire c1June1916.jpg Spitfire c4June1916.jpg Spitfire c4June1916b.jpg

On the night of 12 September 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Humphrey Maurice Robson, Spitfire was credited with sinking an enemy submarine by ramming while helping rescue the survivors of the hospital ship Rhodesia after she'd been torpedoed 160 miles off Fastnet by U 82. Despite the claimed sinking, no known U-boat loss seems to coincide with this date.[9]

Spitfire was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[10]

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. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 377.
  7. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume II. pp. 26-30.
  8. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44, 306.
  9. ↑ Robson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/55. f. 411.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
  11. ↑ Trelawny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/32. f. 32.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398d-k.
  13. ↑ Trelawny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/32. f. 32.
  14. ↑ Robson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/55. f. 411.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398d-k.
  16. ↑ Robson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/55. f. 411.
  17. ↑ Geake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/243. F. 257.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 398.
  19. ↑ Geake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/243. F. 257.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 910.

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