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|builder=[[J. Samuel White]]{{Conways1860|p. 100}}
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==Service==
==Service==
In February 1908 ''Ness'' was one of seven "Rivers" of the Nore Destroyer Flotilla taken into Sheerness Dockyard for refitting, during which time three 12-pdr guns were mounted in lieu of five 6-pdrs, which were deemed too light to be useful.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Feb 03, 1908; pg. 12; Issue 38559.</ref>
''Ness'' was detached from the Eastern Destroyer Group at Harwich as part of one of two divisions of "River" class destroyers sent on 3 June 1908 to escort the King and Queen on a visit to Russia.  The muscle in this escort was to be the cruisers {{UK-Natal}}, {{UK-Cochrane}}, {{UK-Minotaur}} and {{UK-1Achilles}}.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jun 01, 1908; pg. 7; Issue 38661.</ref>
In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|9}}.{{NLJul13|p. 349}}
In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|9}}.{{NLJul13|p. 349}}


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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=27 March, 1906<ref>Prentis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=1 April, 1906<ref>Prentis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=1 April, 1906<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=1 April, 1906<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=10 September, 1909<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 348}}|end=4 October, 1910<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=10 September, 1909<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 348}}|end=4 October, 1910<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gerald Charles Wynter|nick=Gerald C. Wynter|appt=4 October, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 349}}|end=August, 1911}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gerald Charles Wynter|nick=Gerald C. Wynter|appt=4 October, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 349}}|end=August, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=George Osborne Hewett|nick=George O. Hewett|appt=May, 1913<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/49/16.|D7604115}} f. 8.</ref>|end=31 May, 1913<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/49/16.|D7604115}} f. 8.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=George Osborne Hewett|nick=George O. Hewett|appt=May, 1913<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/49/16.|D7604115}} f. 8.</ref>|end=31 May, 1913<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/49/16.|D7604115}} f. 8.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Henry Percy Boxer|nick=Henry P. Boxer|appt=31 May, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 349}}<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>|end=15 April, 1914<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>|note=after a refit in Pembroke Dock{{NLMar13|p. 349}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=William Tofield Makeig-Jones|nick=William T. Makeig-Jones|appt=10 August, 1914{{NLOct14|p. 361}}|note=likely after a refit}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ralph William Hallam Roberts|nick=Ralph W. H. Roberts|appt=15 April, 1914|end=26 June, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Langston Parnell|nick=Gerald L. Parnell|appt=23 November, 1915|end=7 February, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Langston Parnell|nick=Gerald L. Parnell|appt=23 November, 1915|end=7 February, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ian Clarence Shirreff Hilton|nick=Ian C. S. Hilton|appt=26 March, 1916|end=2 May, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ian Clarence Shirreff Hilton|nick=Ian C. S. Hilton|appt=26 March, 1916|end=2 May, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Wilfred Scott|nick=John W. Scott|appt=3 May, 1916<ref>Scott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/171.|D7603677}} f. 171.</ref>|end=3 July, 1916<ref>Scott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/171.|D7603677}} f. 171.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Harry Polhill|nick=Arthur H. Polhill|appt=14 March, 1918|end=June, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Harry Polhill|nick=Arthur H. Polhill|appt=14 March, 1918|end=June, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Evan Williams Kirby|nick=Richard E. W. Kirby|appt=28 June, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 852}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Evan Williams Kirby|nick=Richard E. W. Kirby|appt=28 June, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 852}}|end=29 May, 1919<ref>Kirby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/178.|}} f. 582.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 19:56, 13 July 2022

H.M.S. Ness (1905)
Pendant Number: N.81 (1914)
D.26 (Sep 1915)
D.59 (Jan 1918)
H.77 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White[2]
Ordered: 1903-04 Programme[3]
Laid down: 5 May, 1904[4]
Launched: 5 Jan, 1905[5]
Completed: Aug, 1905[6]
Commissioned: Aug, 1905[7]
Broken up: 1919[8]

H.M.S. Ness was one of the Royal Navy's thirty-six "River" class destroyers.

Service

In February 1908 Ness was one of seven "Rivers" of the Nore Destroyer Flotilla taken into Sheerness Dockyard for refitting, during which time three 12-pdr guns were mounted in lieu of five 6-pdrs, which were deemed too light to be useful.[9]

Ness was detached from the Eastern Destroyer Group at Harwich as part of one of two divisions of "River" class destroyers sent on 3 June 1908 to escort the King and Queen on a visit to Russia. The muscle in this escort was to be the cruisers Natal, Cochrane, Minotaur and Achilles.[10]

In mid-1913, she was with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  6. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  8. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  9. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 03, 1908; pg. 12; Issue 38559.
  10. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 01, 1908; pg. 7; Issue 38661.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 349.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 348.
  13. ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  14. ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  15. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  16. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  17. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 18, 1906; pg. 12; Issue 38023.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 348.
  19. ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 348.
  21. ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 349.
  23. ↑ de la Poer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/27. f. 14.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 349.
  25. ↑ de la Poer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/27. f. 14.
  26. ↑ Hewett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/16. f. 8.
  27. ↑ Hewett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/16. f. 8.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 349.
  29. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  30. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 349.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 361.
  33. ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/148. f. 353.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396e.
  35. ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/148. f. 353.
  36. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/171. f. 171.
  37. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/171. f. 171.
  38. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396f.
  40. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
  41. ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/126/152. f. ?.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395x.
  43. ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/126/152. f. ?.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395x.
  45. ↑ Dauglish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/311. f. 58.
  46. ↑ Dauglish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/311. f. 58.
  47. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 852.
  48. ↑ Kirby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 582.

Bibliography


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