H.M.S. Crane (1896)

H.M.S. Crane (1896)
Pendant Number:	P.26 (1914) D.50 (Sep 1915) D.20 (Jan 1918) H.72 (Sep 1918)
Builder:	Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Ordered:	1895-96 Programme
Laid down:	2 Aug, 1896
Launched:	17 Dec, 1896
Commissioned:	Apr, 1898
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H.M.S. Crane was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.

Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Percy N. Fletcher was relieved of command in March 1918 after grounding the destroyer.

By May 1919, Crane was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander Cecil G. Treherne, 20 October, 1898 – 3 November, 1899
• Commander Trevylyan D. W. Napier, 3 November, 1899 – 1900
• Lieutenant Michael H. Hodges, 8 January, 1901 – 1 October, 1901  (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
• Lieutenant Brien M. Money, 23 September, 1901 – 30 September, 1901  (temporary, during illness of Hodges)
• Lieutenant & Commander Arthur K. Macrorie, 2 September, 1902 – c. October, 1902
• Lieutenant & Commander Percy A. Robarts, 21 February, 1903
• Lieutenant & Commander Dennis A. H. Larking, 9 June, 1903 – 15 February, 1904
• Lieutenant & Commander Albert M. H. Phillips, 3 March, 1905 – 10 January, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Reginald St. P. Parry, 10 January, 1906 – 28 May, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Henry F. D. Jelf, 26 May, 1906 – 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander George H. H. Holden, 1 November, 1906 – 28 July, 1908
• Lieutenant & Commander Geoffrey Corlett, 28 July, 1908 – 19 October, 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander Clive C. H. Maitland-Addison, 19 October, 1909 – early 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Julian M. Ogilvie, 1910 – 9 November, 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Sydney L. K. Lawford, 9 November, 1910 – 23 March, 1911^[Inference]
• Lieutenant & Commander James F. Houstoun, 23 March, 1911 – 8 January, 1912
• Lieutenant & Commander Laurence R. Palmer, 8 January, 1912 – July, 1912
• Lieutenant in Command Arthur G. Onslow, 15 July, 1913 – 14 August, 1913
• Lieutenant & Commander Gerald C. Harrison, 29 August, 1913 – 18 November, 1913  (and "for charge of reduced T.B.D.'s of 6th Flotilla.")
• Lieutenant & Commander Hubert S. Braddyll, 18 November, 1913 – 2 February, 1914
• Commander Robert H. Coppinger, 2 February, 1914 – 15 June, 1915
• Lieutenant in Command Arthur K. Gibson, 15 June, 1915 – 17 March, 1916
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Percy N. Fletcher, 6 April, 1916 – 6 March, 1918
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Albert E. Kenyon, 21 March, 1918 – 31 January, 1919
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Francis Miners, 27 September, 1918 – 11 October, 1918  (temporary)

See Also

• Wikipedia