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* Lieutenant & Commander [[Richard W. U. Bayly]], 13 June, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 335.</ref>
* Lieutenant & Commander [[Charles Frederick Ballard|Charles F. Ballard]], November, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (March, 1913), p. 335.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Frederic A. H. Russel]], 15 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 342.</ref>
* Lieutenant & Commander [[Richard William Uniacke Bayly|Richard W. U. Bayly]], 13 June, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 335.</ref>
* {{LieutRN}} [[C. E. S. Farrant]], in command on 8 March, 1915.{{HardLying|pp. 77-8}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[Frederic Archibald Hunter Russel|Frederic A. H. Russel]], 15 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915), p. 342.</ref>
* {{LieutRN}} [[Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant|Charles E. S. Farrant]], in command on 8 March, 1915.{{HardLying|pp. 77-8}}
* Lieutenant in Command [[Bryan ffolliott Wingfield|Bryan ff. Wingfield]], 27 September, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918), p. 825.</ref>
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Revision as of 21:27, 2 January 2014

H.M.S. Kennet (1903)
Pendant Number: unknown[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[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 mid-1913, she was serving in te Mediterranean.[8]

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.[9]

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. 99.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 335.
  9. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (March, 1913), p. 335.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 335.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915), p. 342.
  13. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
  14. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918), p. 825.

Bibliography


River Class Destroyer
Erne Ettrick Exe Ribble Teviot
Usk Derwent Eden Foyle Itchen
Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
Ure Wear Liffey Moy Ouse
  Boyne Doon Kale  
  Rother Stour Test  
<– "D" Class Destroyers (UK) Tribal Class –>


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