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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
In mid-1913, she was part of the {{UK-DF|4}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 292.</ref>
 
In mid-1913, she was part of the {{UK-DF|4}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 292.</ref>
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At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Fairfax M. Kerr]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
  
 
She paid off at Chatham on 27 April, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 745}}
 
She paid off at Chatham on 27 April, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 745}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Eric Q. Carter]], 20 November, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 291.</ref>
 
* {{LCommRN}} [[Eric Q. Carter]], 20 November, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 291.</ref>
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Fairfax M. Kerr]], in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 44}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 11:46, 24 September 2013

H.M.S. Christopher (1912)
Pendant Number: H.51 (1914)
H.25 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[2]
Launched: 29 Aug, 1912[3]
Sold: May, 1921[4]

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

Service

In mid-1913, she was part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[5]

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Fairfax M. Kerr.[6]

She paid off at Chatham on 27 April, 1920.[7]

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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 292.
  6. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 745.
  8. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 291.
  9. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 44.

Bibliography


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