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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Cyril Percival Ryan|nick=Cyril P. Ryan|appt=22 October, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 388}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Cyril Percival Ryan|nick=Cyril P. Ryan|appt=22 October, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 388}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=William Dion Irvin|nick=William D. Irvin|appt=5 September, 1909{{NLApr10|p. 389}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=William Dion Irvin|nick=William D. Irvin|appt=5 September, 1909{{NLApr10|p. 389}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Wellwood George Courtenay Maxwell|nick=Wellwood G. C. Maxwell|appt=21 October, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 386}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Wellwood George Courtenay Maxwell|nick=Wellwood G. C. Maxwell|appt=21 October, 1912{{NLDec14|p. 387}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=17 March, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 923}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=17 March, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 923}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Albert John Foley|nick=Albert J. Foley|appt=November, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 922a}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Albert John Foley|nick=Albert J. Foley|appt=November, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 922a}}}}

Revision as of 00:56, 27 May 2014

H.M.S. Usk (1903)
Pendant Number: unknown[1]
Builder: Yarrow[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 30 Jul, 1902[4]
Launched: 25 Jul, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Mar, 1904[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Usk was one of thirty-six destroyers of the "River" class.

Service

In late 1905 she was in commission in reserve as part of the Sheerness-Chatham Reserve Division and listed as a tender to the Pembroke.[8]

In early 1907 she was in commission with a nucleus crew at Portsmouth and listed as a tender to the depot ship Hecla.[9]

In early 1910 she was a member of the Home Fleet's First Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

Usk paid off at Sheerness on 1 May, 1911 and entered dockyard hands. Her crew were sent to recommission the destroyer Dee at Devonport.[11]

In mid-1913, Usk was in Hong Kong.[12]

Under Lieutenant-Commander Maxwell, Usk was amongst three "Rivers" employed in towing landing boats in to Anzac Cove at the Dardanelles.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  8. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (December, 1905), p. 270b.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 270a.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 269.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 28 April, 1911. Issue 39573, col B, p. 15.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 388.
  13. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 78.
  14. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 388.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 388.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 389.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 387.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 923.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 922a.

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  
<– "D" Class Destroyers (UK) Tribal Class –>


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