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'''H.M.S. ''Decoy''''' was one of forty-two destroyers of the [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class]] &mdash; a "26 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Decoy''''' was one of forty-two [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "26 knotter".
  
 
She was lost before the war.
 
She was lost before the war.

Revision as of 15:36, 22 July 2015

H.M.S. Decoy (1894)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Ordered: 1892[2]
Laid down: Jul, 1892[3]
Launched: 2 Feb, 1894[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1895[5]
Collision: 1904[6]

H.M.S. Decoy was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "26 knotter".

She was lost before the war.

Service

On 13 August, 1904, Decoy collided with Arun in night exercises off the Scilly Islands and sank, losing a man.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  7. de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 446.
  8. de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 446.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 217.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 3 December, 1897. Issue 35377, col D, p. 5.
  11. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  12. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  13. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col B, p. 8.
  14. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 February 1902. (36696), p. 10.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
  16. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 433.
  17. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 433.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 300.
  19. Paton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/60. f. 68.

Bibliography


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