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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Mallard'' (1896)|comm=Oct, 1897{{Conways1860|p. 93}} |fatedate=1920{{Conways1860|p. 93}} |order=1894-95{{Conways1860|p. 93}} |name=Mallard |launch=19 Nov, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 93}} |builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 93}} |laid=13 Sep, 1895{{Conways1860|p. 93}} |fate=Broken up |pend=P.08 (Feb 1914){{AWO1914|909 of 27 Feb, 1914}}<br>D.26 (1914)<br>D.42 (Sep 1915)<br>D.55 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 58}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Mallard''''' was one of the [[Royal Navy]]'s eleven [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class destroyers]]. ==Service== {{UK-2Swordfish}} was commissioned at Chatham on 6 January, 1899 by Lieutenant and Commander [[Alan Cameron Bruce]] to take the place of ''Mallard'' in the [[Medway Instructional Flotilla]].{{NMI|Saturday, Jan 07, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35720}} She arrived at Sheerness with six other destroyers from the North Sea on 1 October, 1901.{{NMI|October 2, 1901, Issue 36575, p.10}} ''Mallard'' was to then be replaced in the Medway Instructional Flotilla by {{UK-2Sturgeon}}, {{NMI|October 9, 1901, Issue 36581, p.8}} her Lieutenant and Commander [[Hugh Percival Buckle]] transferring into ''Sturgeon''. ''Mallard'' was paid off until April 1902. In late May, she was one of four T.B.Ds. sent to the Mediterranean Station from Portsmouth under Commander [[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|E. S. Alexander-Sinclair]].{{NMI|May 28, 1902, Issue 36779, p.9}} Two of the boats went to Malta in early June, but ''Mallard'' initially remained in Gibraltar with {{UK-Cynthia}}.{{NMI|June 2, 1902, Issue 36783, p.9}} By 8 October, ''Mallard'' also went to Malta.{{NMI|October 8, 1902, Issue 36893, p.4}} In mid-1913, she was at Malta.{{NLJul13|p. 343}} In November, she was ordered to return to England,{{NLNov13|p. 344}} apparently being entrusted to Chief Gunner [[Michael Horrigan]] for the voyage. ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Mallard''"> {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Alan Cameron Bruce|nick=Alan C. Bruce|appt=15 September, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 269}}<ref>Bruce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}} f. 351.</ref>|end=6 January, 1899<ref>Bruce Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}} f. 351.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Godfrey George Webster|nick=Godfrey G. Webster|appt=13 October, 1899|end=12 February, 1900}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Guy de Lancy Ormsby Johnson|nick=Guy de L. O. Johnson|appt=11 January, 1900<ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Saturday, 20 January 1900. (36044), p. 12.</ref>|end=25 August, 1900}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Tuthill Borrett|nick=Charles T. Borrett|appt=20 January, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 10 January, 1901. Issue '''36348''', col D, p. 8.</ref>|end=1901}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Philip James Stopford|nick=Philip J. Stopford|appt=7 June, 1901<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/205.|D7602542}} 221.</ref>|end=31 August, 1901<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/205.|D7602542}} 221.</ref>|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hugh Percival Buckle|nick=Hugh P. Buckle|appt=26 August, 1901<ref>Buckle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|}} f. 117.</ref>|end=10 October, 1901<ref>Buckle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|}} f. 117.</ref>|note=transferred out to {{UK-2Sturgeon}} at the end}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George James Todd|nick=George J. Todd|appt=2 April, 1902<ref>Todd Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/7.|D7602795}} f. 7.</ref>{{NLMay02|p. 278}}|end=c. May, 1902<ref>Todd Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/7.|D7602795}} f. 7.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=William Douglas Paton|nick=William D. Paton|appt=1 July, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 279}}|end=20 October, 1903<ref>Paton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/60.|D7602848}} f. 68.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Ralph Heathcote|nick=Henry R. Heathcote|appt=20 October, 1903|end=9 January, 1904}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Vernon Frederick Tuson|nick=Vernon F. Tuson|appt=9 January, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 343}}|end=12 February, 1905}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=31 July, 1904<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=13 September, 1904<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|note=for torpedo boat manoeuvres. Note: there is a small chance this was {{UK-Welland}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Lionel Caldwell Muntz|nick=Ernest L. C. Muntz|appt=12 February, 1905{{NLJun06|p. 344}}|end=2 July, 1906}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry FitzRoy George Talbot|nick=Henry F. G. Talbot|appt=2 July, 1906<ref>Talbot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 343}}|end=1 April, 1907<ref>Talbot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry FitzRoy George Talbot|nick=Henry F. G. Talbot|appt=16 June, 1908<ref>Talbot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>|end=29 November, 1908<ref>Talbot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Edward Whately Pyddoke|nick=Charles E. W. Pyddoke|appt=29 November, 1908<ref>Pyddoke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/393.|D7602712}} f. 434.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 343}}|end=12 August, 1910<ref>Pyddoke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/393.|D7602712}} f. 434.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wilfred Tomkinson|nick=Wilfred Tomkinson|appt=12 August, 1910<ref>Tomkinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 375.</ref>|end=26 November, 1910<ref>Tomkinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 375.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Willcox Osburn|nick=Henry W. Osburn|appt=27 November, 1910<ref>Osburn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>|end=19 May, 1911<ref>Osburn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Philip Russell|nick=Geoffrey P. Russell|appt=20 July, 1912|end=27 August, 1912}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Kennedy Maxwell|nick=Thomas K. Maxwell|appt=28 August, 1912|end=9 November, 1912}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Willcox Osburn|nick=Henry W. Osburn|appt=22 January, 1913<ref>Osburn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>|end=20 February, 1913<ref>Osburn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=20 February, 1913{{NLMar13|p. 343}}|end=1 April, 1913<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|note=pending completion of {{UK-Garry}}'s refit}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Francis Arthur Mulock|nick=George F. A. Mulock|appt=1 April, 1913|end=14 May, 1913}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Clive Neville Rolfe|nick=Clive N. Rolfe|appt=14 May, 1913|end=16 June, 1913}} {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=James Lenox Conyngham Clark|nick=James L. C. Clark|appt=14 October, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 344}}|end=November, 1913}} {{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Alfred Reep|nick=Alfred Reep|appt=early November, 1913|end=c. 14 November, 1913}} {{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Michael Horrigan|nick=Michael Horrigan|appt=14 November, 1913{{NLDec13|p. 344}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Caesar de Merindol Malan|nick=Charles C. de M. Malan|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 395''s''}}|end=12 March, 1916}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Bertie Bath Oram|nick=Bertie B. Oram|appt=22 March, 1916<ref>Oram Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/54/134.|}} f. 134.</ref>|end=23 September, 1916<ref>Oram Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/54/134.|}} f. 134.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=William Stanley Nelson|nick=William S. Nelson|appt=19 August, 1916<ref>Nelson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/21.|C14619010}} f. 21.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 395''m''}}|end=31 March, 1918<ref>Nelson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/21.|C14619010}} f. 21.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Rowland Owen Lloyd|nick=Rowland O. Lloyd|appt=25 March, 1918<ref>Lloyd Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/55/181.|}} f. 181.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 841}}|end=13 March, 1919<ref>Lloyd Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/55/181.|}} f. 181.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Geoffrey Anselm Robinson|nick=Geoffrey A. Robinson|appt=26 October, 1918<ref>Robinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>|end=14 November, 1918<ref>Robinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>|note=Possibly owing to Lloyd's health; cancelled}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Mallard_(1896)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer "D" Class Destroyer (1896)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mallard}} {{CatShipDestroyer|UK}}

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