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''Taurus'' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|R]] class.
'''H.M.S. ''Taurus''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.
 
==Service==
''Taurus'' was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 16 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 871}}
 
She was re-commissioned on 19 May, 1922.{{NLApr25|p. 274}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=12 April, 1917|end=31 August, 1917|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Coombe Hodgson|nick=John C. Hodgson|appt=13 April, 1917<ref>Hodgson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/124.|D7603631}} f. 124.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 398''e''}}|end=15 October, 1917<ref>Hodgson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/124.|D7603631}} f. 124.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=18 April, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 914}}|end=24 January, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Patrick Blake|nick=Cuthbert P. Blake|appt=27 January, 1919<ref>Blake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>{{NLAug19|p. 915}}|end=23 July, 1919<ref>Blake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lionel George Foote|nick=Lionel G. Foote|appt=23 July, 1919<ref>Foote Service Records {{TNA|ADM 196/50/53.|D7604465}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLOct19|p. 915}}|ass=after 16 March, 1919<ref>"Naval Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Mar 17, 1919; pg. 7; Issue 42050.</ref>|end=8 October, 1919<ref>Foote Service Records {{TNA|ADM 196/50/53.|D7604465}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Ignatius Hallett|nick=John I. Hallett|appt=8 October, 1919<ref>Hallett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/214.|D7604626}}  f. 281.</ref>{{NLNov19|p. 915}}|end=13 November, 1919<ref>Hallett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/214.|D7604626}}  f. 281.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Leslie Cardale|nick=Ernest L. Cardale|appt=13 November, 1919<ref>"Naval Appointments."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Nov 15, 1919; pg. 16; Issue 42258.</ref>|end=|note=and for a group of T.B.Ds.}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Leslie Cardale|nick=Ernest L. Cardale|appt=21 June, 1920{{NavAppts|18 June 1920, p. 6}}|end=30 December, 1921<ref>Cardale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/127.|D7603379}} f. 131.</ref>|note=for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Fawcett|nick=John Fawcett|appt=30 December, 1921<ref>Fawcett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604265}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=1922<ref>Fawcett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604265}} Unnumbered folio.  Month not legible.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Herbert Masterman Ellis|nick=Herbert M. Ellis|appt=15 August, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 818}}|end=26 March, 1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Ralph Passawer Percival|nick=Percy R. P. Percival|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}<ref>Percival Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>|end=21 August, 1924<ref>Percival Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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Hodgson and Hamilton seem to conflict.


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:54, 14 August 2020

H.M.S. Taurus (1917)
Pendant Number: F.71 (Jan 1917)
F.70 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: Dec 1915 (7th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 10 Mar, 1917[5]
Completed: May, 1917[6]
Sold: 18 Feb, 1930[7]

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

Service

Taurus was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 16 October, 1919.[8]

She was re-commissioned on 19 May, 1922.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Hodgson and Hamilton seem to conflict.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  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. 71.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 871.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 274.
  10. ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398e.
  12. ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 914.
  14. ↑ Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 915.
  16. ↑ Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
  17. ↑ Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 915.
  19. ↑ Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
  20. ↑ Hallett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/214. f. 281.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1919). p. 915.
  22. ↑ Hallett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/214. f. 281.
  23. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 15, 1919; pg. 16; Issue 42258.
  24. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 June 1920, p. 6.
  25. ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  26. ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  27. ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio. Month not legible.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 818.
  29. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  30. ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  31. ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.

Bibliography


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