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While working as a high speed minesweeper in the Dardanelles area, Commander [[Osmond J. Prentis]] was killed by a shell which struck her bridge.{{HardLying|p. 113}} | While working as a high speed minesweeper in the Dardanelles area, Commander [[Osmond J. Prentis]] was killed by a shell which struck her bridge.{{HardLying|p. 113}} | ||
At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, ''Wolverine'' worked with five other ''Beagles'' and {{UK-Arno}} to tow troop barges in.{{HardLying|p. 113}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 1 January 2014
| H.M.S. Wolverine (1910) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | H.18 (1917)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird[2] |
| Ordered: | 1908-09 Programme[3] |
| Launched: | 15 Jan, 1910[4] |
| Collision: | 12 Dec, 1917[5] |
| Fate: | w/sloop Rosemary[6] |
H.M.S. Wolverine was one of sixteen destroyers of the Beagle class.
Service
In mid-1913, active with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
While working as a high speed minesweeper in the Dardanelles area, Commander Osmond J. Prentis was killed by a shell which struck her bridge.[8]
At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, Wolverine worked with five other Beagles and Arno to tow troop barges in.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Graham R. L. Edwards, 1 August, 1912.[10]
- Commander Osmond J. Prentis, 20 November, 1913.[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397a.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397a.
- ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 397a.
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