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'''H.M.S. ''Achates''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Achates''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under Commander Hutchinson.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
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At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under Commander [[Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson|Hutchinson]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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Dates of appointment given.
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|Frederick P. Loder-Symonds]], 20 March 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 271.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|nick=Frederick P. Loder-Symonds|appt=20 March, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 271}}|end=6 April, 1914<ref>Loder-Symonds Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/186.|D7602972}} f. 212.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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* {{CommRN}} [[Walter L. Allen]], 6 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 266.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=6 April, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 266}}<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=7 August, 1915<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}}
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* {{CommRN}} [[Reginald B. C. Hutchinson]], D.S.C., in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]{{UKJutlandOD|p. 44}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William James Frederick Dunlop|nick=William J. F. Dunlop|appt=9 August, 1915|end=12 August, 1915|note=cancelled}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson|nick=Reginald B. C. Hutchinson|appt=13 August, 1915<ref>Hutchinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 391''a''}}|end=June, 1916<ref>Hutchinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 396''m''}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 391''a''}}|end=31 August, 1917<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest George Houssemayne Du Boulay|nick=Ernest G. H. Du Boulay|appt=31 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 391''a''}}|end=March, 1918|note=sick at end}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=17 May, 1918<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>|end=31 December, 1918<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} R.N.V.R.|name=Bernard Hanson Quinn|nick=Bernard H. Quinn|appt=12 July, 1918{{NLJun19|p. 722}}|ass=31 December, 1918|end=July, 1919}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [[Fourth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
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Latest revision as of 15:18, 26 January 2022

H.M.S. Achates (1912)
Pendant Number: H.46 (1914)
H.01 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Launched: 14 Nov, 1912[3]
Completed: Mar, 1913[4]
Sold: May, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Achates was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under Commander Hutchinson.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 271.
  8. ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 266.
  10. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  11. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  12. ↑ Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391a.
  14. ↑ Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396m.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 391a.
  17. ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391a.
  19. ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  20. ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 722.

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