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''Rocket'' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|R]] class.
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'''H.M.S. ''Rocket''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.
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==Service==
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''Rocket'' was assigned to the {{UK-DF|15}} in October, 1916, as it was still building up to strength.{{SMNLOct16|p. 12}}
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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==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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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}}
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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={{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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 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{{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=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{{NLApr25|p. 265''a''}}|end=15 April, 1925|note=and in charge of {{UK-ASF}}}}
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{{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


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