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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
In | |||
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}} | |||
On 1 July 1913, she left Malta for Corfu with eight other destroyers under the lead of the {{UK-Hussar|f=t}}.{{NMI|Thursday, July 3, 1913, Issue 40254, p.6}} On 4 July, the destroyers left Corfu for Platea, sans ''Hussar''.{{NMI|Monday, July 7, 1913, Issue 40257, p.6}} | |||
In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul13|p. 335}} | |||
Under the command of {{LieutRN}} Farrant, on 8 March, 1915, ''Kennet'' was among several destroyers that went to the aid of the mined {{UK-Ocean|f=t}}, seeing {{UK-Chelmer}} rescue 500 men.{{HardLying|pp. 77-8}} | Under the command of {{LieutRN}} Farrant, on 8 March, 1915, ''Kennet'' was among several destroyers that went to the aid of the mined {{UK-Ocean|f=t}}, seeing {{UK-Chelmer}} rescue 500 men.{{HardLying|pp. 77-8}} | ||
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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Kennet''">{{ | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Kennet''"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Hamilton Heath Sinclair Thomson|nick=William H. H. S. Thomson|appt=24 January, 1905|end=17 February, 1905}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank= | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=17 February, 1905<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>|end=14 March, 1905<ref>Cowan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576536}} f. 249.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederic Archibald Hunter Russel|nick=Frederic A. H. Russel|appt=15 January, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 395''f''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant|name=Philip Hyde Waterer|nick=Philip H. Waterer|appt=14 March, 1905<ref>Waterer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>|end=7 June, 1905<ref>Waterer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Francis Parker|nick=Reginald F. Parker|appt=7 June, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 336}}|end=1 December, 1905}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank= | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Percival Buckle|nick=Hugh P. Buckle|appt=1 December, 1905<ref>Buckle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 335}}|end=27 July, 1909<ref>Buckle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/117.|D7576591}} f. 117.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Chalker Durrant Field|nick=Henry C. D. Field|appt=27 July, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 335}}|end=1 June, 1910}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=1 June, 1910<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|end=25 November, 1910<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard Matthew King|nick=Richard M. King|appt=25 November, 1910|end=28 April, 1911<ref>King Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant|name=Philip Hyde Waterer|nick=Philip H. Waterer|appt=29 August, 1911<ref>Waterer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>|end=5 September, 1911<ref>Waterer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>|note=for trials}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ennis Tristram Ratcliffe Chambers|nick=Ennis T. R. Chambers|appt=6 September, 1911|end=November, 1911}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Ballard|nick=Charles F. Ballard|appt=November, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 335}}|end=13 June, 1913}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard William Uniacke Bayly|nick=Richard W. U. Bayly|appt=13 June, 1913{{NLDec13|p. 334}}<ref>Bayly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122118}} f. 155.</ref>|end=December, 1913<ref>Bayly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122118}} f. 155.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edye Kington Boddam-Whetham|nick=Edye K. Boddam-Whetham|appt=1913<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306.</ref>|end=15 January, 1914<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306. Day of month inferred from Russel's Service Record.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederic Archibald Hunter Russel|nick=Frederic A. H. Russel|appt=15 January, 1914<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 395''f''}}|end=4 August, 1916<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gerald Morell McKenna|nick=Gerald M. McKenna|appt=4 August, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 394''v''}}|end=27 January, 1918}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Douglas Garvey|nick=Douglas Garvey|appt=27 January, 1918|end=6 February, 1918}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Mervyn Harley Rodney|nick=Mervyn H. Rodney|appt=27 May, 1918<ref>Rodney Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/57/231.|}} f. 232.</ref>|end=c. September, 1918<ref>Rodney Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/57/231.|}} f. 232.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Bryan ffolliott Wingfield|nick=Bryan ff. Wingfield|appt=24 September, 1918<ref>Wingfield Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56/79.|}} f. 81.</ref>|end=12 May, 1919<ref>Wingfield Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56/79.|}} f. 81.</ref>}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
One source claims that Lieutenant [[Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant]] was in command on 8 March, 1915, but this seems to contradict the ''Navy Lists''.{{HardLying|pp. 77-8 | One source claims that Lieutenant [[Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant]] was in command on 8 March, 1915, but this seems to contradict the ''Navy Lists'', and he seems to have been wounded just two days prior in {{UK-Scorpion}}.{{HardLying|pp. 77-8}} | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
{{WP| | * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-10-HMS_Kennet.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | ||
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Kennet_(1903)}} | |||
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Latest revision as of 12:59, 1 September 2022
| H.M.S. Kennet (1903) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | unknown[1] |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | 1902-03 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 5 Feb, 1902[4] |
| Launched: | 4 Dec, 1903[5] |
| Commissioned: | Jan, 1905[6] |
| Broken up: | 1919[7] |
H.M.S. Kennet was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.
Service
In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Third Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
On 1 July 1913, she left Malta for Corfu with eight other destroyers under the lead of the torpedo gunboat Hussar.[9] On 4 July, the destroyers left Corfu for Platea, sans Hussar.[10]
In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.[11]
Under the command of Lieutenant Farrant, on 8 March, 1915, Kennet was among several destroyers that went to the aid of the mined battleship Ocean, seeing Chelmer rescue 500 men.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander William H. H. S. Thomson, 24 January, 1905 – 17 February, 1905
- Commander Walter H. Cowan, 17 February, 1905[13] – 14 March, 1905[14]
- Lieutenant Philip H. Waterer, 14 March, 1905[15] – 7 June, 1905[16]
- Commander Reginald F. Parker, 7 June, 1905[17] – 1 December, 1905
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh P. Buckle, 1 December, 1905[18][19] – 27 July, 1909[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry C. D. Field, 27 July, 1909[21] – 1 June, 1910
- Commander Percy Withers, 1 June, 1910[22] – 25 November, 1910[23]
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard M. King, 25 November, 1910 – 28 April, 1911[24]
- Lieutenant Philip H. Waterer, 29 August, 1911[25] – 5 September, 1911[26] (for trials)
- Lieutenant & Commander Ennis T. R. Chambers, 6 September, 1911 – November, 1911
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles F. Ballard, November, 1911[27] – 13 June, 1913
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard W. U. Bayly, 13 June, 1913[28][29] – December, 1913[30]
- Lieutenant in Command Edye K. Boddam-Whetham, 1913[31] – 15 January, 1914[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederic A. H. Russel, 15 January, 1914[33][34] – 4 August, 1916[35]
- Lieutenant in Command Gerald M. McKenna, 4 August, 1916[36] – 27 January, 1918
- Lieutenant in Command Douglas Garvey, 27 January, 1918 – 6 February, 1918
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Mervyn H. Rodney, 27 May, 1918[37] – c. September, 1918[38]
- Lieutenant in Command Bryan ff. Wingfield, 24 September, 1918[39] – 12 May, 1919[40]
One source claims that Lieutenant Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant was in command on 8 March, 1915, but this seems to contradict the Navy Lists, and he seems to have been wounded just two days prior in Scorpion.[41]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 3, 1913, Issue 40254, p.6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 7, 1913, Issue 40257, p.6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 335.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
- ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 336.
- ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 335.
- ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 335.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
- ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
- ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 335.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 334.
- ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
- ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
- ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
- ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306. Day of month inferred from Russel's Service Record.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395f.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394v.
- ↑ Rodney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/231. f. 232.
- ↑ Rodney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/231. f. 232.
- ↑ Wingfield Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/79. f. 81.
- ↑ Wingfield Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/79. f. 81.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
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