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In mid-1913, she was serving in the {{UK-DF|7}}.{{NLJul13|p. 311}}
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She and ten other T.B.Ds. of the Devonport Reserve followed the {{UK-Skirmisher|f=tp}} from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.{{NMI|Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p.9}}
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In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Third Division of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]'s Destroyer Flotilla.{{NLNov05|pp. 267, 269}}
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In December 1907, {{UK-Mermaid}} and ''Express'' collided at night.  {{UK-Mermaid}}'s Lt. in Command [[Denis Granville Thynne|Thynne]] was castigated for allowing the ships to converge, unlit, on a rendezvous at such a high speed.<ref>Thynne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/199.| D7602985}} f. 227.</ref>
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On 6 May 1913, she ran aground at Spurn Head while returning to port after operations with the {{UK-DF|7}}.  On 8 May, as she made her way back to dock, she collided with the Great Central passenger steamer ''Leicester'', sustaining extensive damage to her right side.{{NMI|Friday, May 09, 1913; pg. 4; Issue 40207}}
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She suffered two collisions in 1917, one with S.S. ''New Abbotshall'' and another with H.M.T. ''Isaac Watton''[?].  Lt. [[James Archibald Hodges]], R.N.R. was relieved of command in the wake of these accidents.<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/237.|}} f. 237.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Roger J. B. Keyes|appt=8 January, 1903<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=8 April, 1903<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Roger J. B. Keyes|appt=8 January, 1903<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=8 April, 1903<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hugh Percival Buckle|nick=Hugh P. Buckle|appt=14 July, 1904<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref>|end=3 January, 1905<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref>|note=for T.B. manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry St. George Somerset Clive|nick=Henry St. G. S. Clive|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.</ref>|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hugh Percival Buckle|nick=Hugh P. Buckle|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref>|end=3 January, 1905<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Denis Granville Thynne|nick=Denis G. Thynne|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Thynne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/199.| D7602985}} f. 227.</ref>|end=10 October, 1905<ref>Thynne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/199.| D7602985}} f. 227.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Denis Granville Thynne|nick=Denis G. Thynne|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Thynne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/199.| D7602985}} f. 227.</ref>|end=10 October, 1905<ref>Thynne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/199.| D7602985}} f. 227.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel George Preston|nick=Lionel G. Preston|appt=10 October, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 313}}<ref>Preston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}}  f. 79.</ref>|end=5 December, 1905<ref>Preston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}}  f. 79.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel George Preston|nick=Lionel G. Preston|appt=10 October, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 313}}<ref>Preston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}}  f. 79.</ref>|end=5 December, 1905<ref>Preston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}}  f. 79.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=26 March, 1908<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>|end=29 March, 1909<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=26 March, 1908<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>|end=29 March, 1909<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Francis Howard Wakefield|nick=Henry F. H. Wakefield|appt=29 March, 1909|end=14 April, 1909}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Francis Howard Wakefield|nick=Henry F. H. Wakefield|appt=29 March, 1909|end=14 April, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Frederick Seymour|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord George F. Seymour|appt=14 April, 1909{{NLApr11|p. 312}}|end=7 October, 1911{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Frederick Seymour|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord George F. Seymour|appt=14 April, 1909{{NLApr11|p. 312}}|end=11 April, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Henry Maitland-Makgill-Crichton|nick=James H. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton|appt=7 October, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 311}}|end=2 September, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Richard Maitland Makgill Crichton|nick=James R. M. M. Crichton|appt=7 October, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 311}}|end=2 September, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Clive Phillipps-Wolley|nick=Clive Phillipps-Wolley|appt=2 September, 1913<ref>Phillipps-Wolley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604303}} f. ?.</ref>|end=13 January, 1914<ref>Phillipps-Wolley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/214.|D7604303}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stephen Hewitt Sutton Moxly|nick=Stephen H. S. Moxly|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 394''c''}}|end=30 January, 1916}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stephen Hewitt Sutton Moxly|nick=Stephen H. S. Moxly|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 394''c''}}|end=30 January, 1916}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Thomas Alexander Bunbury|nick=Charles T. A. Bunbury|appt=30 January, 1916<ref>Bunbury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/13.|D7603520}} f. 13.</ref>|end=21 June, 1916<ref>Bunbury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/13.|D7603520}} f. 13.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Thomas Alexander Bunbury|nick=Charles T. A. Bunbury|appt=30 January, 1916<ref>Bunbury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/13.|D7603520}} f. 13.</ref>|end=21 June, 1916<ref>Bunbury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/13.|D7603520}} f. 13.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Frank Pattinson|nick=Frank Pattinson|appt=22 June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 394''k''}}|end=March, 1917{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Frank Pattinson|nick=Frank Pattinson|appt=22 June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 394''k''}}|end=March, 1917{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=James Archibald Hodges|nick=James A. Hodges|appt=March, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''s''}}|end=10 November, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''s''}}{{NLFeb19|p. 792}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=James Archibald Hodges|nick=James A. Hodges|appt=26 March, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''s''}}<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/237.|}} f. 237.</ref>|end=31 October, 1917<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/237.|}} f. 237.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Thomas Wallace Young|nick=Thomas W. Young|appt=10 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 792}}|end=1919{{FC}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Thomas Wallace Young|nick=Thomas W. Young|appt=10 November, 1917<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/50.|}} f. 50.</ref>|end=5 March, 1919<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/50.|}} f. 50.</ref>}}
 
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H.M.S. Express (1897)
Pendant Number: D.84 (1914)
D.80 (Sep 1915)
D.34 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird[2]
Ordered: 1896-97[3]
Laid down: 1 Dec, 1896[4]
Launched: 11 Dec, 1897[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1902[6]
Broken up: 1921[7]

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

Service

She and ten other T.B.Ds. of the Devonport Reserve followed the scout cruiser H.M.S. Skirmisher from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.[8]

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Third Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

In December 1907, Mermaid and Express collided at night. Mermaid's Lt. in Command Thynne was castigated for allowing the ships to converge, unlit, on a rendezvous at such a high speed.[10]

On 6 May 1913, she ran aground at Spurn Head while returning to port after operations with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla. On 8 May, as she made her way back to dock, she collided with the Great Central passenger steamer Leicester, sustaining extensive damage to her right side.[11]

She suffered two collisions in 1917, one with S.S. New Abbotshall and another with H.M.T. Isaac Watton[?]. Lt. James Archibald Hodges, R.N.R. was relieved of command in the wake of these accidents.[12]

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. 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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p.9.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  10. ↑ Thynne Service Record. The National Archives. D7602985 ADM 196/44/199. f. 227.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 09, 1913; pg. 4; Issue 40207.
  12. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/237. f. 237.
  13. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
  14. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
  15. ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  16. ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  17. ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
  18. ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
  19. ↑ Thynne Service Record. The National Archives. D7602985 ADM 196/44/199. f. 227.
  20. ↑ Thynne Service Record. The National Archives. D7602985 ADM 196/44/199. f. 227.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 313.
  22. ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
  23. ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 313-15.
  25. ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  26. ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  27. ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
  28. ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 312.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 311.
  31. ↑ Phillipps-Wolley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. ?.
  32. ↑ Phillipps-Wolley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/214. f. ?.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394c.
  34. ↑ Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
  35. ↑ Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394k.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393s.
  38. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/237. f. 237.
  39. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/237. f. 237.
  40. ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/50. f. 50.
  41. ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/50. f. 50.

Bibliography


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