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H.M.S. Wear (1905)
Pendant Number:	N.92 (1914) none (Sep 1915)^[1]
Builder:	Palmer^[2]
Ordered:	1903-04 Programme^[3]
Laid down:	7 Mar, 1904^[4]
Launched:	21 Jan, 1905^[5]
Completed:	Aug, 1905^[6]
Commissioned:	Aug, 1905^[7]
Broken up:	1919^[8]

H.M.S. Wear was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.

Service

In mid-1913, at Haulbowline.^[9]

While under the command of Captain Metcalfe on 8 March, 1915, Wear sped to the scene of Bouvet's explosion and rescued 66 men from the water while under fire from shore batteries. That same evening, she provided the same service for Irresistible, rescuing more than 600 from the listing battleship.^[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant & Commander George G. Codrington, 31 July, 1905^[11] – 17 April, 1906
Lieutenant in Command Thomas N. James, 17 April, 1906^[12] – 28 May, 1906^[13]
Lieutenant & Commander Albert M. H. Phillips, 28 May, 1906^[14] – 5 April, 1910
Lieutenant & Commander George H. Knowles, 5 April, 1910^[15]^[16] – 4 April, 1911^[17]
Lieutenant & Commander John C. Hodgson, 4 April, 1911^[18] – 18 January, 1912^[19]
Lieutenant & Commander Frederic G. Schurr, 18 January, 1912^[20]^[21] – 1 April, 1913^[22]
Lieutenant & Commander Oswald T. Hodgson, 9 August, 1913^[23] – 5 March, 1914
Lieutenant & Commander Henry M. Fothergill, 20 April, 1914 – c. 1 May, 1914
Captain (retired) Christopher P. Metcalfe, 6 September, 1914^[24] – 16 September, 1915^[25]
Commander Wellwood G. C. Maxwell, 16 September, 1915^[26] – 30 September, 1916^[27]
Commander Julian H. Woodbridge, 21 October, 1916^[28] – August, 1917^[Inference]
Lieutenant in Command Charles K. Adam, August, 1917^[29]^[30] – 1 May, 1918^[31] (assumed command upon Hydra arriving on station)
Lieutenant in Command Frederick T. Stringer, 14 May, 1918^[32] – 1919^[Inference]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 397.
↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 77.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 397.
↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 397.
↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 397.
↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
↑ Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. f. ?.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 397.
↑ Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. f. ?.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 397.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399i.
↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399f.
↑ Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/48. f. 47.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399f.
↑ Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/48. f. 47.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 942.

Bibliography

River Class Destroyer

Erne

Ettrick

Exe

Ribble

Teviot

Usk

Derwent

Eden

Foyle

Itchen

Kennet

Jed

Welland

Cherwell

Dee

Arun

Blackwater

Waveney

Chelmer

Colne

Gala

Garry

Ness

Nith

Swale

Ure

Wear

Liffey

Moy

Ouse

Boyne

Doon

Kale

Rother

Stour

Test

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"D" Class

Destroyers (UK)

Tribal Class

–>

[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.

[5] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.

[6] Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.

[7] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.

[8] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 397.

[10] Smith. Hard Lying. p. 77.

[11] The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 397.

[12] James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.

[13] James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.

[14] The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 397.

[15] Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.

[16] The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 397.

[17] Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.

[18] Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.

[19] Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.

[20] Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. f. ?.

[21] The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 397.

[22] Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. f. ?.

[23] The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 397.

[24] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399i.

[25] Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.

[26] Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.

[27] Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.

[28] The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399f.

[29] Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/48. f. 47.

[30] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399f.

[31] Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/48. f. 47.

[32] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 942.

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