H.M.S. Vigilant (1900)

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H.M.S. Vigilant (1900)
Pendant Number: D.43 (1914)
D.72 (Sep 1915)
D.92 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Ordered: Purchased 31 Mar 1900
Launched: 16 Aug, 1900[3]
Commissioned: Jun, 1901[4]
Broken up: 1920[5]

H.M.S. Vigilant was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, she was with Seventh Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[6]

Under the command of Lieutenant R.N.R. Robert Geoffrey Cross, in 1916, Vigilant collided with S.S. Ellington. In 1917, he further collided her against the Leith Dock and then with the paddle minesweeper Eridge.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
  7. Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/130. f. 130.
  8. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 310.
  9. Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  10. Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  11. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  12. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 394.
  14. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  15. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  16. Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
  17. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 394.
  18. Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
  19. Hartford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/80. f. 83.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 394.
  21. Hartford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/80. f. 83.
  22. Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
  23. Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
  24. Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  25. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 394.
  26. Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
  28. Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
  29. Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  30. Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  31. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
  32. Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  33. Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
  34. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399b.
  35. Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
  36. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399b.
  37. Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/130. f. 130.
  38. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399c.
  39. Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/130. f. 130.
  40. Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/163. f. 163.
  41. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 935.
  42. Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/163. f. 163.
  43. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.

Bibliography


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