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In mid-1913, active with the {{UK-DF|3}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 397a.</ref>
 
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While working as a high speed minesweeper in the Dardanelles area, Commander [[Osmond J. Prentis]] was killed by a shell which struck her bridge.{{HardLying|p. 113}}
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While working as a high speed minesweeper in the Dardanelles area, Commander [[Osmond James Prentis|Osmond J. Prentis]] was killed by a shell which struck her bridge.{{HardLying|p. 113}}
  
 
At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, ''Wolverine'' worked with five other ''Beagles'' and {{UK-Arno}} to tow troop barges in.{{HardLying|p. 113}}
 
At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, ''Wolverine'' worked with five other ''Beagles'' and {{UK-Arno}} to tow troop barges in.{{HardLying|p. 113}}
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Revision as of 15:43, 10 February 2014

H.M.S. Wolverine (1910)
Pendant Number: H.18 (1917)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Ordered: 1908-09 Programme[3]
Launched: 15 Jan, 1910[4]
Collision: 12 Dec, 1917[5]
Fate: w/sloop Rosemary[6]

H.M.S. Wolverine was one of sixteen destroyers of the Beagle class.

Service

In mid-1913, active with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

While working as a high speed minesweeper in the Dardanelles area, Commander Osmond J. Prentis was killed by a shell which struck her bridge.[8]

At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, Wolverine worked with five other Beagles and Arno to tow troop barges in.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  3. March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397a.
  8. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
  9. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
  10. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397a.
  11. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 397a.

Bibliography


Beagle Class Destroyer
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