H.M.S. Violet (1897)

From The Dreadnought Project
Revision as of 21:44, 14 December 2013 by Christopher Buckey (Talk | contribs) (Captains)

Jump to: navigation, search
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" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 2 March, 1899. Issue 35766, col B, p. 10.
  12. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 394.
  13. The Navy List (January, 1915), p. 394.
  14. The Navy List (December, 1918), p. 936.
  15. The Navy List (February, 1919), 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 –>