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==Service==
==Service==
On 13 August, 1904, ''Arun'' collided with {{UK-Decoy}} in night exercises off the Scilly Islands, sinking the other destroyer.  In a Court Martial, Commander [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Tyrwhitt]] of ''Arun'' was found to blame for hazarding the two vessels.<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA ADM 196/89.|}} f. 41.</ref>
On 13 August, 1904, ''Arun'' collided with {{UK-Decoy}} in night exercises off the Scilly Islands, sinking the other destroyer.  In a Court Martial, Commander [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Tyrwhitt]] of ''Arun'' was found to blame for hazarding the two vessels.<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.|}} f. 41.</ref>


In late 1905, ''Arun'' was in commission on the China Station.{{NLDec05|p. 280}}
In late 1905, ''Arun'' was in commission on the China Station.{{NLDec05|p. 280}}

Revision as of 18:18, 8 July 2015

H.M.S. Arun (1903)
Pendant Number: N.04 (1914)
D.11 (Sep 1915)
D.07 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird[2]
Ordered: 1902-03 Programme[3]
Laid down: 27 Aug, 1902[4]
Launched: 29 Apr, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1904[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

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

Service

On 13 August, 1904, Arun collided with Decoy in night exercises off the Scilly Islands, sinking the other destroyer. In a Court Martial, Commander Tyrwhitt of Arun was found to blame for hazarding the two vessels.[8]

In late 1905, Arun was in commission on the China Station.[9]

By January, 1907 she had returned to Britain and was part of the Channel Fleet's Third Flotilla.[10]

In early 1910 she had joined the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[11]

In mid-1913, she was doing patrol work with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla.[12]

In April 1914, she was tender to Iron Duke.

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. 100.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  8. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 41.
  9. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 280.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 269.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 269.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 281.
  13. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  14. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  15. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 280.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 280.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 280.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 281.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392f.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 734.

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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