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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Douglas Egremont Robert Brownrigg, Fourth Baronet|Douglas E. R. Brownrigg]], 3 March, 1899.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 2 March, 1899.  Issue '''35766''', col B, p. 10.</ref>
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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]], 16 July, 1901, for manoeuvres.<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 July, 1901.  Issue '''36504''', col C, p. 8.</ref>
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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Hugh James Orr|Hugh J. Orr]], 21 July, 1903, for manoeuvres.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 July, 1903.  Issue '''37134''', col D, p. 8.</ref>
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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Francis Ryle Wood|Francis R. Wood]], 3 January, 1905.{{NLDec05|p. 394''a''}}
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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[James Campbell Holmes|James C. Holmes]], 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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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Joseph Armand Shuter|Joseph A. Shuter]], M.V.O., 3 August, 1906.{{NLJan07|p. 394''a''}}
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*  {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Edward Howell Cater|Edward H. Cater]], 31 January, 1911, on recommissioning.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 17 January, 1911.  Issue '''39484''', col D, p. 12.</ref>
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*  {{CommRN}} [[Vincent Lewin Bowring|Vincent L. Bowring]], 14 August, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915), p. 394.</ref>
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*  Lieutenant, R.N.R. in Command [[Arthur William Wright|Arthur W. Wright]], 24 November, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918), p. 936.</ref>
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Revision as of 14:53, 6 May 2014

H.M.S. Violet (1897)
Pendant Number: D.09 (1914)
D.72 (Sep 1915)
D.94 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Doxford[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 destroyers of the "C" class — 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 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. ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col C, p. 8.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
  14. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 394a.
  15. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 22 December, 1905. Issue 37897, col D, p. 10.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 394a.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 394a.
  18. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 17 January, 1911. Issue 39484, col D, p. 12.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
  20. ↑ 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
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