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H.M.S. Arab (1901)
Pendant Number:	D.01 (1914) D.77 (Sep 1915) D.05 (Jan 1918) H.08 (Apr 1918)^[1]
Builder:	J. & G. Thomson^[2]
Ordered:	1896-97 Programme^[3]
Laid down:	5 Mar, 1900^[4]
Launched:	9 Feb, 1901^[5]^[6]
Commissioned:	Jan, 1903^[7]
Broken up:	1919^[8]

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

Service

In December, 1905, she was part of the nucleus crew reserve at Devonport.^[9]

In January, 1907, she was in the Destroyer Flotilla based at Devonport, known as the Third Destroyer Flotilla.^[10]

In April, 1910, she was in the Second Destroyer Flotilla.^[11]

In mid-1911, Arab was with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, part of the Home Fleet.^[12]

From April 1912 or earlier to October, 1914, she was in the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.

Following time in the Methil Convoy Flotilla, she returned to 7 D.F., which was then part of East Coast Forces and based in the Humber, from May 1918 to February, 1919.

By May 1919, Arab was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.^[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant & Commander The Hon. Hubert G. Brand, 12 January, 1903^[14] – 14 April, 1903^[15]
Lieutenant & Commander Charles R. Blane, 21 July, 1903^[16]^[17] – 23 August, 1903^[18] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
Lieutenant & Commander Arthur G. Craufurd, 14 July, 1904^[19] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1904)
Commander Francis G. St. John, 3 January, 1905^[20] – 20 July, 1905^[21]
Lieutenant & Commander Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse, 20 July, 1905^[22] – 7 November, 1905
Lieutenant & Commander Geoffrey Mackworth, 7 November, 1905^[23]^[24] – 9 June, 1909^[25]
Lieutenant & Commander Ernest L. Cardale, 9 June, 1909^[26]^[27] – 8 February, 1910^[28]
Lieutenant & Commander Austin C. Ackland, 8 February, 1910^[29]^[30] – 1 June, 1910^[31]
Lieutenant-Commander Robert G. Hamond, 1 June, 1910^[32] – 15 December, 1910^[33]
Lieutenant in Command Edwin A. Homan, 15 December, 1910^[34]^[35] – 3 April, 1911^[36]
Lieutenant & Commander Norman M. C. Thurstan, 3 April, 1911^[37]^[38] – 21 July, 1911^[39]
Lieutenant & Commander Arthur F. Crutchley, 4 July, 1911^[40] – 22 May, 1914^[41]^[42]
Lieutenant-Commander Patrick B. Crohan, 22 May, 1914^[43] – 3 May, 1915
Lieutenant in Command John M. Porter, 3 May, 1915^[44]^[45] – 2 June, 1916^[46]
Lieutenant in Command Samuel B. Graves, 31 May, 1916^[47] – 14 December, 1916
Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Frank Pattinson, 12 February, 1917^[48]^[49] – 23 February, 1918^[50]
Lieutenant R.N.R. Kenneth McKay, 19 September, 1917^[51]^[52] – 15 January, 1919^[53]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 55.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 270b.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 270a.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 269.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 279.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
↑ Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 118.
↑ Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 118.
↑ Blane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/64. f. 64.
↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
↑ Blane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/64. f. 64.
↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 278.
↑ Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 278.
↑ Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.
↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 278.
↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
↑ Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 278.
↑ Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
↑ Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.
↑ Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.
↑ Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 278.
↑ Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 279.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.
↑ Day of month not certainly read correctly.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 280.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 280.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392c.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392c.
↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392c.
↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392d.
↑ Pattinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/200. f. 200?
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391j.
↑ Pattinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/200. f. 200?
↑ McKay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/214. f. 214.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 781.
↑ McKay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/214. f. 214.

Bibliography

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.

[5] March. British Destroyers. p. 55.

[6] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[7] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.

[8] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.

[9] The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 270b.

[10] The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 270a.

[11] The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 269.

[12] The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 279.

[13] The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.

[14] Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 118.

[15] Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 118.

[16] Blane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/64. f. 64.

[17] "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.

[18] Blane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/64. f. 64.

[19] "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.

[20] St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.

[21] St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.

[22] The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 278.

[23] Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.

[24] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 278.

[25] Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.

[26] Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.

[27] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 278.

[28] Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.

[29] Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.

[30] The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 278.

[31] Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.

[32] Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.

[33] Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.

[34] Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.

[35] The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 278.

[36] Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.

[37] The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 279.

[38] "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.

[39] Day of month not certainly read correctly.

[40] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 280.

[41] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 280.

[42] The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392c.

[43] The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392c.

[44] Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.

[45] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392c.

[46] Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.

[47] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392d.

[48] Pattinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/200. f. 200?

[49] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391j.

[50] Pattinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/200. f. 200?

[51] McKay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/214. f. 214.

[52] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 781.

[53] McKay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/214. f. 214.

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-In mid-1913, she was in the {{UK-DF|7}}.{{NLJul13|p. 279}}
+From April 1912 or earlier to October, 1914, she was in the {{UK-DF|7}}.
+Following time in the [[Methil Convoy Flotilla]], she returned to 7 D.F., which was then part of East Coast Forces and based in the Humber, from May 1918 to February, 1919.
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