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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=17 February, 1905<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|end=14 March, 1905<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=17 February, 1905<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|end=14 March, 1905<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=1 June, 1910<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|end=25 November, 1910<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>}} | |||
{{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}}}} | ||
Revision as of 18:16, 26 February 2015
| 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.
- Commander Walter H. Cowan, 17 February, 1905[10] – 14 March, 1905[11]
- Commander Percy Withers, 1 June, 1910[12] – 25 November, 1910[13]
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles F. Ballard, November, 1911[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard W. U. Bayly, 13 June, 1913[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederic A. H. Russel, 15 January, 1914[16]
- Lieutenant in Command Gerald M. McKenna, 4 August, 1916[17]
- Lieutenant in Command Bryan ff. Wingfield, 27 September, 1918[18]
One source claims that Lieutenant Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant was in command on 8 March, 1915, but this seems to contradict the Navy Lists.[19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 335.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 335.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 334.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395f.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394v.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 825.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
Bibliography
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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