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She completed to reduced complement on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 856}}
 
She completed to reduced complement on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 856}}
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''Rocket'' re-commissioned on 1 January, 1923 for service with the {{UK-ASF}} at Portland.{{NLApr25|p. 265''a''}}
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''Rocket'' re-commissioned on 1 July, 1925 at Portsmouth for service with the {{UK-ASF}} at Portland.{{NLFeb26|p. 265''a''}}
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In August of 1925, ''Rocket'', along with {{UK-Raider}}, {{UK-Redgauntlet}} and {{UK-Retriever}} of the Portland Anti-Submarine Flotilla were selected to be scrapped.{{ToL|Anti-Submarine Flotilla Changes|Tuesday, May 25, 1926; pg. 20; Issue 44280}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederic Archibald Hunter Russel|nick=Frederic A. H. Russel|appt=15 September, 1916<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''o''}}|end=February, 1918<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederic Archibald Hunter Russel|nick=Frederic A. H. Russel|appt=15 September, 1916<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''o''}}|end=February, 1918<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederick C. Bradley|appt=28 February, 1918<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|end=10 December, 1918<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederic Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederic C. Bradley|appt=28 February, 1918<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|end=10 December, 1918<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=James Chaigneau Colvill|nick=James C. Colvill|appt=13 November, 1918{{NLOct19|p. 897}}|end=1 October, 1919{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=James Chaigneau Colvill|nick=James C. Colvill|appt=13 November, 1918<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>{{NLOct19|p. 897}}|end=1 October, 1919<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Cartmell Harrison|nick=Gerald C. Harrison|appt=1 October, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 856}}<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>|end=1 March, 1921<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Cartmell Harrison|nick=Gerald C. Harrison|appt=1 October, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 856}}<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>|end=1 March, 1921<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Ouchterlony Barron|nick=John O. Barron|appt=1 March, 1921<ref>Barron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/10.|D7603717}} f. 214.</ref>|end=1 June, 1921<ref>Barron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/10.|D7603717}} f. 214.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Ouchterlony Barron|nick=John O. Barron|appt=1 March, 1921<ref>Barron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/10.|D7603717}} f. 214.</ref>|end=1 June, 1921<ref>Barron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/10.|D7603717}} f. 214.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Geoffrey Peace|nick=Alfred G. Peace|appt=15 July, 1921<ref>Peace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/73.|D7604485}} f. ?.</ref>|end=10 September, 1921<ref>Peace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/73.|D7604485}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Geoffrey Peace|nick=Alfred G. Peace|appt=15 June, 1921{{NMI|15 June 1921, p. 19}}|end=10 September, 1921<ref>Peace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/73.|D7604485}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Jackson Cuthbert Ridley|nick=John J. C. Ridley|appt=10 September, 1921|end=15 March, 1922}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Jackson Cuthbert Ridley|nick=John J. C. Ridley|appt=10 September, 1921{{NMI|10 Sept. 1921, p. 6}}|end=15 March, 1922}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur John Layard Murray|nick=Arthur J. L. Murray|appt=13 March, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 804}}|end=mid 1923|note=and in charge of A/S Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur John Layard Murray|nick=Arthur J. L. Murray|appt=13 March, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 804}}|end=May, 1923|note=and in charge of {{UK-ASF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Bernard Acworth|nick=Bernard Acworth|appt=1 May, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 265}}|end=|note=and in charge of A/S Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Bernard Acworth|nick=Bernard Acworth|appt=1 May, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 265''a''}}|end=15 April, 1925|note=and in charge of {{UK-ASF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|nick=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|appt=15 April, 1925<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.</ref>|end=27 May, 1926<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|nick=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|appt=15 April, 1925<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.</ref>|end=27 May, 1926<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.</ref>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 12:52, 13 August 2020

H.M.S. Rocket (1916)
Pendant Number: G.82 (Jan 1917)
G.88 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Ordered: Jul 1915 (6th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 2 Jul, 1916[5]
Completed: 7 Oct, 1916[6]
Sold: 16 Dec, 1926[7]

H.M.S. Rocket was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Rocket was assigned to the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla in October, 1916, as it was still building up to strength.[8]

She completed to reduced complement on 17 October, 1919.[9]

Rocket re-commissioned on 1 January, 1923 for service with the Anti-Submarine Flotilla at Portland.[10]

Rocket re-commissioned on 1 July, 1925 at Portsmouth for service with the Anti-Submarine Flotilla at Portland.[11]

In August of 1925, Rocket, along with Raider, Redgauntlet and Retriever of the Portland Anti-Submarine Flotilla were selected to be scrapped.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  4. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  6. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 12.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 856.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 265a.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 265a.
  12. ↑ "Anti-Submarine Flotilla Changes." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, May 25, 1926; pg. 20; Issue 44280.
  13. ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397o.
  15. ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
  16. ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  17. ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  18. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 897.
  20. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 856.
  22. ↑ Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  23. ↑ Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  24. ↑ Barron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/10. f. 214.
  25. ↑ Barron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/10. f. 214.
  26. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 15 June 1921, p. 19.
  27. ↑ Peace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/73. f. ?.
  28. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 10 Sept. 1921, p. 6.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 804.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 265a.
  31. ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  32. ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.

Bibliography


"R" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Radstock Raider Romola Rowena Restless
Rigorous Rocket Rob Roy Redgauntlet Redoubt
Recruit Sturgeon Sceptre Salmon Sylph
Sarpedon Sable Setter Sorceress Satyr
Sharpshooter Simoom Skate Starfish Stork
Skilful Springbok Tancred Tarpon Telemachus
Tempest Tetrarch Tenacious Thisbe Thruster
  Tormentor Tornado Torrent Torrid  
Thornycroft Specials
Rosalind Radiant Retriever Taurus Teazer
Yarrow Specials
Sabrina Strongbow Surprise Sybille Truculent
  Tyrant Ulleswater  
Modified "R" Class
Ulster Undine Tower Trenchant Tristram
  Tirade Ursula Ulysses  
  Umpire Urchin Ursa  
<– Talisman Class Destroyers (UK) "V" Class –>


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