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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene|nick=William G. E. Ruck-Keene|appt=11 March, 1902<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 451.</ref>|end=1 August, 1902<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 451.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene|nick=William G. E. Ruck-Keene|appt=11 March, 1902<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 451.</ref>|end=1 August, 1902<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 451.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Neston William Diggle|nick=Neston W. Diggle|appt=7 September, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 396}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Neston William Diggle|nick=Neston W. Diggle|appt=7 September, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 396}}|end=4 January, 1905}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Plunkett England|nick=George P. England|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>England Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>|end=5 January, 1906<ref>England Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Plunkett England|nick=George P. England|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>England Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>|end=5 January, 1906<ref>England Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=5 January, 1906<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=23 January, 1906<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=5 January, 1906<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=23 January, 1906<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 7 January 2017
| H.M.S. Vixen (1900) | |
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| Pendant Number: | D.44 (1914) D.74 (Sep 1915) D.95 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Vickers[2] |
| Ordered: | 1899 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 7 Sep, 1899[4] |
| Launched: | 29 Mar, 1900[5] |
| Commissioned: | Mar, 1902[6] |
| Broken up: | 1921[7] |
H.M.S. Vixen was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, she was in the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander William G. E. Ruck-Keene, 11 March, 1902[9] – 1 August, 1902[10]
- Lieutenant-Commander Neston W. Diggle, 7 September, 1904[11] – 4 January, 1905
- Lieutenant in Command George P. England, 3 January, 1905[12] – 5 January, 1906[13]
- Lieutenant in Command Osmond J. Prentis, 5 January, 1906[14] – 23 January, 1906[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander William Cadman, 23 January, 1906[16]
- Lieutenant & Commander Frank O'B. Wilson, 21 May, 1908[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm L. Goldsmith, 15 June, 1912[18][19] – 15 July, 1913[20] (and for command of reduced T.B.Ds. of Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Ernest H. B. Williams, 29 December, 1913[21] – 1914
- Lieutenant-Commander John A. Gregory, 10 September, 1914[22] – January, 1915[23][24]
- Lieutenant in Command Basil W. L. Owen, 17 January, 1915[25]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Herbert B. Donovan, 22 June, 1916[26]
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. in Command Charles F. Brown, 10 December, 1917[27]
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Leonard E. Fordham, 28 August, 1918[28]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394a.
- ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
- ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 396.
- ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
- ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 395a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 395a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 395a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 396.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 396.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399f.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399f.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399f.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 940.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 940.
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