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'''H.M.S. ''Achates''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
 
'''H.M.S. ''Achates''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
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==Service==
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At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under Commander Hutchinson.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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Dates of appointment given.
 
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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>
 
* {{CommRN}} [[Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|Frederick P. Loder-Symonds]], 20 March 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 271.</ref>
 
* {{CommRN}} [[Walter L. Allen]], 6 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 266.</ref>
 
* {{CommRN}} [[Walter L. Allen]], 6 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 266.</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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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 11:30, 24 September 2013

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

H.M.S. Achates was one of 20 destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under Commander Hutchinson.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  6. The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 271.
  7. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 266.
  8. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 44.

Bibliography


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