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|name=Violet
 
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|launch=3 May, 1897{{DittColl|p. 58}}
 
|launch=3 May, 1897{{DittColl|p. 58}}
|builder=[[Doxford]]{{DittColl|p. 58}}
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|builder=[[William Doxford & Sons]]{{DittColl|p. 58}}
 
|laid=13 Jul, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 94}}
 
|laid=13 Jul, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 94}}
 
|fate=Broken up
 
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==Service==
 
==Service==
She served in the {{UK-DF|7}} from at least mid-1913{{NLJul13|p. 394}} until September 1917 when she went to join the [[Nore Defence Flotilla]].<ref>''Monthly Supplements to the Navy List'', September 1914 through September 1917.</ref>
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She served in the {{UK-DF|7}} from at least mid-1913{{NLJul13|p. 394}} until September 1917 when she went to join the [[Nore Local Defence Flotilla]].<ref>''Monthly Supplements to the Navy List'', September 1914 through September 1917.</ref>
  
 
In April 1918 she was reassigned to the {{UK-DF|6}} as part of the [[Dover Patrol]], remaining there for the duration of the war.<ref>''Monthly Supplements to the Navy List'', September 1917 through December 1918.</ref>
 
In April 1918 she was reassigned to the {{UK-DF|6}} as part of the [[Dover Patrol]], remaining there for the duration of the war.<ref>''Monthly Supplements to the Navy List'', September 1917 through December 1918.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Barnes Sparks|nick=John B. Sparks|appt=8 March, 1899<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>|end=29 April, 1900<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Barnes Sparks|nick=John B. Sparks|appt=8 March, 1899<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>|end=29 April, 1900<ref>Sparks Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Charles Edward Le Mesurier|nick=Charles E. Le Mesurier|appt=28 April, 1900<ref>Le Mesurier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 56.</ref>|end=20 August, 1900<ref>Le Mesurier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 56.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Charles Edward Le Mesurier|nick=Charles E. Le Mesurier|appt=28 April, 1900<ref>Le Mesurier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 56.</ref>|end=20 August, 1900<ref>Le Mesurier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 56.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col C, p. 8.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=16 July, 1901<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col C, p. 8.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hugh James Orr|nick=Hugh J. Orr|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 July, 1903.  Issue '''37134''', col D, p. 8.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hugh James Orr|nick=Hugh J. Orr|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 July, 1903.  Issue '''37134''', col D, p. 8.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|nick=Anselan J. B. Stirling|appt=19 November, 1903<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=26 November, 1903<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|nick=Anselan J. B. Stirling|appt=19 November, 1903<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=26 November, 1903<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Francis Ryle Wood|nick=Francis R. Wood|appt=3 January, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 394''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Gay Copleston|nick=Reginald G. Copleston|appt=13 February, 1904<ref>Copleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>|end=8 May, 1904<ref>Copleston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/99.|D7602885}} f. 110.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=James Campbell Holmes|nick=James C. Holmes|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 22 December, 1905.  Issue '''37897''', col D, p. 10.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Acland Williams|nick=Thomas A. Williams|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Joseph Armand Shuter|nick=Joseph A. Shuter|appt=3 August, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 394''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Francis Ryle Wood|nick=Francis R. Wood|appt=3 January, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 394''a''}}|end=1 January, 1906{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Stephen Hervey Morres|nick=Stephen H. Morres|appt=3 March, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 394''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=James Campbell Holmes|nick=James C. Holmes|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 22 December, 1905.  Issue '''37897''', col D, p. 10.</ref>|end=1 April, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Edward Howell Cater|nick=Edward H. Cater|appt=20 July, 1909{{NLApr10|p. 394''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Henry Purdy|nick=Henry Purdy|appt=1 April, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 394''a''}}|end=10 June, 1907|note=not clear in service record}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Gladstone|nick=Edward O. Gladstone|appt=15 August, 1910<ref>Gladstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>|end=21 August, 1911<ref>Gladstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.  Day of month is possibly 31.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gerald Hepburn Brady|nick=Gerald H. Brady|appt=June, 1906|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1906]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Edward Howell Cater|nick=Edward H. Cater|appt=31 January, 1911<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence"''The Times''. Tuesday, 17 January, 1911Issue '''39484''', col D, p. 12.</ref>|note=on recommissioning}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Joseph Armand Shuter|nick=Joseph A. Shuter|appt=3 August, 1906<ref>Shuter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/283.|D7603068}} f. 318.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 394''a''}}|end=7 February, 1908<ref>Shuter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/283.|D7603068}} f. 318.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Stephen Hervey Morres|nick=Stephen H. Morres|appt=3 March, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 394''a''}}|end=16 January, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Howell Cater|nick=Edward H. Cater|appt=20 July, 1909{{NLApr10|p. 394''a''}}|end=15 August, 1910<ref>Cater Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/17.|}} f. 9.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Gladstone|nick=Edward O. Gladstone|appt=15 August, 1910<ref>Gladstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 394''a''}}|end=21 August, 1911<ref>Gladstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.  Day of month is possibly 31.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Rafe Grenville Rowley-Conwy|nick=Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy|appt=31 August, 1911<ref>Rowley-Conwy Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7576589}} ff. 83, 232.</ref>|end=1 May, 1912<ref>Rowley-Conwy Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7576589}} ff. 83, 232.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Coppinger|nick=Robert H. Coppinger|appt=1 May, 1912<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>|end=23 August, 1912<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Coppinger|nick=Robert H. Coppinger|appt=1 May, 1912<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>|end=23 August, 1912<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ronald Evered Chilcott|nick=Ronald E. Chilcott|appt=23 August, 1912|end=5 November, 1912}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wion de Malpas Egerton|nick=Wion de M. Egerton|appt=5 November, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 394}}|end=August, 1913{{FC}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wion de Malpas Egerton|nick=Wion de M. Egerton|appt=5 November, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 394}}|end=August, 1913{{FC}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vincent Lewin Bowring|nick=Vincent L. Bowring|appt=14 August, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 394}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vincent Lewin Bowring|nick=Vincent L. Bowring|appt=14 August, 1913<ref>Bowring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/66.|D7602854}} f. 74.</ref>{{NLJan15|p. 394}}|end=6 January, 1915<ref>Bowring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/66.|D7602854}} f. 74.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LiCRNR}}|name=Archibald Charles Bucknell|nick=Archibald C. Bucknell|appt=31 July, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 399''c''}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LiCRNR}}|name=Archibald Charles Bucknell|nick=Archibald C. Bucknell|appt=31 July, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 399''c''}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Frederick Thompson Groome|nick=Frederick T. Groome|appt=19 June, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 399}}|end=24 November, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 399}}{{NLDec18|p. 936}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Frederick Thompson Groome|nick=Frederick T. Groome|appt=19 June, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 399}}|end=24 November, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 399}}{{NLDec18|p. 936}}}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 17:18, 21 August 2019

H.M.S. Violet (1897)
Pendant Number: D.09 (1914)
D.72 (Sep 1915)
D.94 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[2]
Ordered: 1986-97 Programme[3]
Laid down: 13 Jul, 1896[4]
Launched: 3 May, 1897[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1898[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

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

Service

She served in the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla from at least mid-1913[8] until September 1917 when she went to join the Nore Local Defence Flotilla.[9]

In April 1918 she was reassigned to the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Dover Patrol, remaining there for the duration of the war.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
  9. Monthly Supplements to the Navy List, September 1914 through September 1917.
  10. Monthly Supplements to the Navy List, September 1917 through December 1918.
  11. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 2 March, 1899. Issue 35766, col B, p. 10.
  12. Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
  13. Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  14. Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  15. Le Mesurier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 56.
  16. Le Mesurier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 56.
  17. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col C, p. 8.
  18. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
  19. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  20. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  21. Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
  22. Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
  23. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  24. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 394a.
  25. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 22 December, 1905. Issue 37897, col D, p. 10.
  26. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 394a.
  27. Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  28. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 394a.
  29. Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  30. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 394a.
  31. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 394a.
  32. Cater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/17. f. 9.
  33. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  34. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 394a.
  35. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144. Day of month is possibly 31.
  36. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  37. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  38. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  39. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  40. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
  41. Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
  42. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
  43. Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
  44. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399c.
  45. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399.
  46. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399.
  47. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 936.
  48. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 936.

Bibliography


"C" Class Destroyer
Star Whiting Bat Chamois Crane
Flying Fish Fawn Flirt Bullfinch Dove
Violet Sylvia Lee Avon Bittern
Otter Leopard Vixen Brazen Electra
Recruit Vulture Kestrel Cheerful Mermaid
Greyhound Racehorse Roebuck Gipsy Fairy
Osprey Leven Falcon Ostrich Thorn
Tiger Vigilant Albatross Viper Velox
<– "B" Class Destroyers (UK) "D" Class –>