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==Service==
 
==Service==
  
On 6 May 1904, ''Syren'' collided with the {{UK-Hawke|f=t}} while under the command of Lieutenant [[Herbert Meade]].  A Court of Enquiry concluded that no one was to blame in the misadventure.<ref>Meade Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 177.</ref>
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On 6 May 1902, ''Syren'' collided with the {{UK-Hawke|f=t}} while under the command of Lieutenant [[Herbert Meade]].  A Court of Enquiry concluded that no one was to blame in the misadventure.<ref>Meade Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 177.</ref>
  
 
Commander [[Sidney Richard Olivier]] wrecked ''Syren'' in 1905 through what a Court Martial determined was an error of judgement, earning him a reprimand and causing him to be replaced in command.
 
Commander [[Sidney Richard Olivier]] wrecked ''Syren'' in 1905 through what a Court Martial determined was an error of judgement, earning him a reprimand and causing him to be replaced in command.

Revision as of 13:33, 2 December 2020

H.M.S. Syren (1900)
Pendant Number: P.72 (1914)
D.93 (Sep 1915)
D.85 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 24 Nov, 1899[4]
Launched: 20 Dec, 1900[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1902[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

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

Service

On 6 May 1902, Syren collided with the first class protected cruiser Hawke while under the command of Lieutenant Herbert Meade. A Court of Enquiry concluded that no one was to blame in the misadventure.[8]

Commander Sidney Richard Olivier wrecked Syren in 1905 through what a Court Martial determined was an error of judgement, earning him a reprimand and causing him to be replaced in command.

In mid-1913, she was operating with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  8. Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 381.
  10. Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  11. Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  12. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  13. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  14. Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
  15. Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
  16. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 36.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 381.
  18. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 36.
  19. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 381.
  20. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 381.
  21. Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 381.
  23. Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
  24. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  25. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 381.
  26. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  27. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 381.
  28. Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. f. ?.
  29. Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. f. ?.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 381.
  31. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398n.
  32. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  33. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398m.
  34. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  35. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
  36. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
  37. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398n.
  38. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398d.
  39. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 913.

Bibliography


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