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|name=Sunfish
 
|name=Sunfish
 
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|builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 93}}
 
|laid=29 Aug, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 93}}
 
|laid=29 Aug, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 93}}
 
|fate=Broken up
 
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|pend=D.47 (1914)<br>D.2A (Sep 1915), D.81 (1918){{DittColl|p. 56}}
 
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'''H.M.S. ''Sunfish''''' was one of forty-two destroyers of the [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class]] &mdash; a "27 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Sunfish''''' 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.
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She was one of a select few destroyers of her era who served through the [[Great War]] despite their obsolete nature.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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The newly-commissioned T.B.D. left Sheerness for Portland on 26 February 1896.{{NMI|Thursday, Feb 27, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34824}}
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In 1897, under the command of Lt. [[Walter Maurice Ellerton]], ''Sunfish'' collided with the barge ''Ellen''.  Ellerton was cautioned to be more careful in future.<ref>Ellerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 153.</ref>
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''Sunfish'' 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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She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.</ref>
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In 1918, she collided with S.S. ''Boverton'', resulting in a caution for Acting Sub-Lt. [[Hubert Gerald Daedalus Merrett]].<ref>Merrett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/58/155.|}} f. 155.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Sunfish''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Sunfish|f=p}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Gunner in Command|name=John David Sumner|nick=John D. Sumner|appt=4 May, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 378}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Albert Sumner Lafone|nick=Albert S. Lafone|appt=18 February, 1896{{NLMar96|p. 266}}|end=1 September, 1896<ref>Lafone Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/156.|D7602099}} f. 183.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=George Samuel Brown|nick=George S. Brown|appt=29 July, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 382a}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alexander Farrington|nick=Alexander Farrington|appt=12 September, 1896|end=30 September, 1897|note=participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command|name=Hubert Gerald Daedalus Merrett|nick=Hubert G. D. Merrett|appt=16 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 911a}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Walter Maurice Ellerton|nick=Walter M. Ellerton|appt=27 September, 1897<ref>Ellerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/153.|D7602484}} f. 153.</ref>|end=30 July, 1898<ref>Ellerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/153.|D7602484}} f. 153.</ref>}}
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{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Gordon Douglas Dewar|nick=Robert G. D. Dewar|appt=19 April, 1900<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/463.|D7602781}}  f. 517.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 304''a''}}|end=January, 1902<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/463.|D7602781}}  f. 517.</ref>|note=lent to {{UK-1Cygnet}} 29 November, 1900}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Maxwell Dalrymple Elphinstone Warren|nick=John M. D. E. Warren|appt=2 August, 1902<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/422.|D7602740}} f. 469.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 305}}|end=15 October, 1903<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/422.|D7602740}} f. 469.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Marcus Rowley Hill|nick=Marcus R. Hill|appt=August, 1903<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.|}} f. 137.</ref>|end=November, 1903<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.|}} f. 137.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Kiddle|nick=John Kiddle|appt=15 October, 1903<ref>Kiddle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/207.|D7602993}} f. 236.</ref>|end=23 March, 1904<ref>Kiddle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/207.|D7602993}} f. 236.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alfred Barnett Barker|nick=Alfred B. Barker|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=27 August, 1904|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Charles Lloyd Owen|nick=Reginald C. L. Owen|appt=29 October, 1904|end=8 June, 1905}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Baker Favell|nick=Francis B. Favell|appt=21 June, 1905|end=23 September, 1905}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Neville Gouldsmith|nick=Arthur N. Gouldsmith|appt=23 September, 1905{{NLMar07|p. 379}}|end=April, 1907{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Charles Stahl|nick=Henry C. Stahl|appt=9 April, 1907{{NLJul09|p. 379}}|end=4 August, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Watkins Grubb|nick=Reginald Watkins Grubb|appt=4 August, 1909<ref>Grubb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/143.|D7603850}} f. 348.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 379}}|end=24 January, 1910<ref>Grubb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/143.|D7603850}} f. 348.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Francis Stuart McGachen|nick=Francis S. McGachen|appt=24 January, 1910<ref>McGachen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/101.|D7604005}} f. ?.</ref>|end=15 August, 1910<ref>McGachen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/101.|D7604005}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Valentine David English|nick=Valentine D. English|appt=15 August, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 379}}|end=4 April, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Gunner in Command|name=John David Sumner|nick=John D. Sumner|appt=4 May, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 378}}|end=14 May, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Samuel Brown|nick=George S. Brown|appt=29 July, 1914<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/15.|D7605102}} f. 367.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 398''d-k''}}|end=1 June, 1915<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/15.|D7605102}} f. 367.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=William Bennett Clementson|nick=William B. Clementson|appt=1 June, 1915<ref>Clementson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/82/377.|}} f. 77.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 398''l''}}|end=11 July, 1917<ref>Clementson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/82/377.|}} f. 77.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRNR}}|name=Frederick John Thompson|nick=Frederick J. Thompson|appt=11 July, 1917<ref>Thompson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/82/1788.|}}  f. 360.</ref>{{NLAug17|p. 398''b''}}|end=23 August, 1917<ref>Thompson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/82/1788.|}}  f. 360.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=George ffrench Harford Lloyd|nick=George ff. H. Lloyd|appt=8 October, 1917<ref>Lloyd Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/54/20.|C14618510}} f. 20.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 398''b''}}|end=17 April, 1918<ref>Lloyd Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/54/20.|C14618510}} f. 20.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=John Bertram Titterington|nick=John B. Titterington|appt=17 April, 1918<ref>Titterington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/60/117.|}} f. 117.</ref>|end=9 May, 1918<ref>Titterington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/60/117.|}} f. 117.</ref>|note=cancelled}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Hubert Gerald Daedalus Merrett|nick=Hubert G. D. Merrett|appt=16 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 911''a''}}<ref>Merrett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/58/155.|}} f. 155.</ref>|end=23 June, 1919<ref>Merrett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/58/155.|}} f. 155.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Decommissioned}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:55, 13 July 2022

H.M.S. Sunfish (1895)
Pendant Number: D.47 (1914)
D.2A (Sep 1915), D.81 (1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: 1893-94[3]
Laid down: 29 Aug, 1894[4]
Launched: 23 May, 1895[5]
Commissioned: 18 Feb, 1896[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Sunfish was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, a broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.

She was one of a select few destroyers of her era who served through the Great War despite their obsolete nature.

Service

The newly-commissioned T.B.D. left Sheerness for Portland on 26 February 1896.[8]

In 1897, under the command of Lt. Walter Maurice Ellerton, Sunfish collided with the barge Ellen. Ellerton was cautioned to be more careful in future.[9]

Sunfish 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.[10]

She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.[11]

In 1918, she collided with S.S. Boverton, resulting in a caution for Acting Sub-Lt. Hubert Gerald Daedalus Merrett.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 266.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 27, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34824.
  9. ↑ Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153.
  10. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.
  11. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.
  12. ↑ Merrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/155. f. 155.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 266.
  14. ↑ Lafone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/156. f. 183.
  15. ↑ Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/153. f. 153.
  16. ↑ Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/153. f. 153.
  17. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/463. f. 517.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 304a.
  19. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/463. f. 517.
  20. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/422. f. 469.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 305.
  22. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/422. f. 469.
  23. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 137.
  24. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 137.
  25. ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  26. ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  27. ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 379.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 379.
  30. ↑ Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/143. f. 348.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 379.
  32. ↑ Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/143. f. 348.
  33. ↑ McGachen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/101. f. ?.
  34. ↑ McGachen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/101. f. ?.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 379.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 378.
  37. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398d-k.
  39. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
  40. ↑ Clementson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82/377. f. 77.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398l.
  42. ↑ Clementson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82/377. f. 77.
  43. ↑ Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82/1788. f. 360.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 398b.
  45. ↑ Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82/1788. f. 360.
  46. ↑ Lloyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/20. f. 20.
  47. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398b.
  48. ↑ Lloyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/20. f. 20.
  49. ↑ Titterington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/117. f. 117.
  50. ↑ Titterington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/117. f. 117.
  51. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911a.
  52. ↑ Merrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/155. f. 155.
  53. ↑ Merrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/155. f. 155.

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