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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Charles Frederick Ballard|nick=Charles F. Ballard|appt=November, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 335}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Charles Frederick Ballard|nick=Charles F. Ballard|appt=November, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 335}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Richard William Uniacke Bayly|nick=Richard W. U. Bayly|appt=13 June, 1913{{NLDec13|p. 334}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Richard William Uniacke Bayly|nick=Richard W. U. Bayly|appt=13 June, 1913{{NLDec13|p. 334}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederic Archibald Hunter Russel|nick=Frederic A. H. Russel|appt=15 January, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 342}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederic Archibald Hunter Russel|nick=Frederic A. H. Russel|appt=15 January, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 395''f''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant|nick=Charles E. S. Farrant|appt=before 8 March, 1915{{HardLying|pp. 77-8}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Gerald Morell McKenna|nick=Gerald M. McKenna|appt=4 August, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 394''v''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Bryan ffolliott Wingfield|nick=Bryan ff. Wingfield|appt=27 September, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 825}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Bryan ffolliott Wingfield|nick=Bryan ff. Wingfield|appt=27 September, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 825}}}}
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One source claims that Lieutenant [[Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant]] was in command on 8 March, 1915, but this seems to contradict the ''Navy Lists''.{{HardLying|pp. 77-8}}}}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 16:41, 4 June 2014

H.M.S. Kennet (1903)
Pendant Number: unknown[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Ordered: 1902-03 Programme[3]
Laid down: 5 Feb, 1902[4]
Launched: 4 Dec, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Jan, 1905[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

H.M.S. Kennet was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was serving in te Mediterranean.[8]

Under the command of Lieutenant Farrant, on 8 March, 1915, Kennet was among several destroyers that went to the aid of the mined battleship Ocean, seeing Chelmer rescue 500 men.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

One source claims that Lieutenant Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant was in command on 8 March, 1915, but this seems to contradict the Navy Lists.[15]}}

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 Navy List (July, 1913), p. 335.
  9. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 335.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 334.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395f.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394v.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 825.
  15. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.

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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