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H.M.S. Griffon (1896)
Pendant Number:	D.39 (1914) D.81 (Sep 1915) D.45 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Laird^[2]
Ordered:	1895-96 Programme^[3]
Laid down:	7 Mar, 1896^[4]
Launched:	21 Nov, 1896^[5]
Commissioned:	Nov, 1897^[6]
Broken up:	1920^[7]

H.M.S. Griffon was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913 she was with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, a patrol flotilla.^[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant & Commander The Hon. Hubert G. Brand, 15 September, 1898^[9] – 3 September, 1900^[10]
Lieutenant & Commander John A. Gregory, 15 September, 1900^[11] – 1902
Lieutenant & Commander Harry C. J. R. West, 28 October, 1902^[12]
Lieutenant & Commander William C. Castle, 1 September, 1904^[13] – 15 October, 1906^[14]
Lieutenant & Commander John R. Dodington, 11 October, 1906^[15] – 12 March, 1907^[16]^[17]
Lieutenant in Command Aubrey T. Tillard, 12 March, 1907^[18] – 29 September, 1908^[19]
Lieutenant & Commander Sandford G. R. Nevile, 29 September, 1908^[20]
Lieutenant & Commander Wilfred A. Thompson, 19 April, 1909^[21]^[22] – 22 March, 1910^[23]^[24]
Lieutenant in Command George W. Taylor, 22 March, 1910^[25] – August, 1910^[26]
Lieutenant & Commander Frederick P. Champion de Crespigny, 23 August, 1910^[27]^[28]
Lieutenant in Command John Fawcett, 17 June, 1913^[29]^[30] – 27 June, 1914^[31]
Lieutenant in Command Edward S. Graham, 17 June, 1915^[32]^[33] – 14 November, 1915^[34]
Lieutenant in Command Frank A. C. Baker, 14 November, 1915^[35] – 12 October, 1916^[36]^[37]
Lieutenant in Command Alexander Grant, 12 October, 1916^[38] – early 1919^[39]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 321.
↑ Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 118.
↑ Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 118.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 262.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 265.
↑ Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
↑ Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 322.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 322.
↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 323.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 323.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 323.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 323.
↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 322.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 321.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 322.
↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394k.
↑ Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.
↑ Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394s.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394s.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 805.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 805.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 805.

Bibliography

"B" Class Destroyer

Quail

Sparrowhawk

Thrasher

Virago

Earnest

Griffon

Locust

Panther

Seal

Wolf

Express

Orwell

Lively

Sprightly

Success

Spiteful

Peterel

Myrmidon

Syren

Kangaroo

Arab

Cobra

Albacore

Bonetta

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"A" Class

Destroyers (UK)

"C" Class

–>

[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.

[5] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.

[7] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.

[8] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 321.

[9] Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 118.

[10] Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 118.

[11] The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 262.

[12] The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 265.

[13] Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.

[14] Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.

[15] The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 322.

[16] The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 322.

[17] Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.

[18] Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.

[19] Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.

[20] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 323.

[21] The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 323.

[22] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 323.

[23] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 323.

[24] Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.

[25] Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.

[26] Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.

[27] The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 322.

[28] The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 321.

[29] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 322.

[30] Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.

[31] Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.

[32] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394k.

[33] Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.

[34] Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 334.

[35] The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394s.

[36] The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394s.

[37] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 805.

[38] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 805.

[39] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 805.

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