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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={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Percival Buckle|nick=Hugh P. Buckle|appt=1 December, 1905{{NLOct08|p. 335}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Percival Buckle|nick=Hugh P. Buckle|appt=1 December, 1905<ref>Buckle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 335}}|end=27 July, 1909<ref>Buckle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Chalker Durrant Field|nick=Henry C. D. Field|appt=27 July, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 335}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Chalker Durrant Field|nick=Henry C. D. Field|appt=27 July, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 335}}|end=1 June, 1910}} | ||
{{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={{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={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard Matthew King|nick=Richard M. King|appt=March, 1911<ref>King Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|end=28 April, 1911<ref>King Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard Matthew King|nick=Richard M. King|appt=March, 1911<ref>King Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|end=28 April, 1911<ref>King Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 17:35, 31 December 2016
| 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]
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh P. Buckle, 1 December, 1905[12][13] – 27 July, 1909[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry C. D. Field, 27 July, 1909[15] – 1 June, 1910
- Commander Percy Withers, 1 June, 1910[16] – 25 November, 1910[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard M. King, March, 1911[18] – 28 April, 1911[19]
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles F. Ballard, November, 1911[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard W. U. Bayly, 13 June, 1913[21][22] – December, 1913[23]
- Lieutenant in Command Edye K. Boddam-Whetham, 1913[24] – 15 January, 1914[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederic A. H. Russel, 15 January, 1914[26] – 4 August, 1916
- Lieutenant in Command Gerald M. McKenna, 4 August, 1916[27]
- Lieutenant in Command Bryan ff. Wingfield, 27 September, 1918[28]
One source claims that Lieutenant Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant was in command on 8 March, 1915, but this seems to contradict the Navy Lists.[29]
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.
- ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 335.
- ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 335.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
- ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 335.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 334.
- ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
- ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
- ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
- ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306. Day of month inferred from Russel's Service Record.
- ↑ 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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