H.M.S. Wizard (1895)

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H.M.S. Wizard (1895)
Pendant Number: H.3C (1914 - Apr 1917)
H.7A (1918)[1]
Builder: J. S. White
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 3 Apr, 1894[3]
Launched: 26 Feb, 1895[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1899[5]
Broken up: 1920[6]

H.M.S. Wizard was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, at Portsmouth.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 397a.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 314.
  9. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Tuesday, 10 December 1901. (36634), p. 10.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence The Times (London). Saturday, 14 June 1902. (36794), p. 9.
  11. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 398.
  12. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  13. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 398.
  15. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  16. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  17. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399g.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399g.
  19. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399j.
  20. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399j.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 945.

Bibliography


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