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''Hornet'' served with the {{UK-DF|1}} from at least July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 327.</ref>
 
''Hornet'' served with the {{UK-DF|1}} from at least July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 327.</ref>
  
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In 1915, while serving in the {{UK-DF|1}} out of South Queensferry, ''Hornet'' was under the command of Commander Bingham when her sub-division mate {{UK-Tigress}} had her bridge rails mangled by a sea with sufficient force to injure her captain.{{HardLying|p. 121}}
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In 1915, while serving in the {{UK-DF|1}} out of South Queensferry, ''Hornet'' was under the command of Commander Bingham when her sub-division mate {{UK-Tigress}} had her bridge rails mangled by a sea with sufficient force to injure her captain.{{HardLying|p. 121}}  On 28 October 1915, she and {{UK-Jackal}} stood by the {{UK-Argyll|f=t}}, which had run hard aground in stormy seas on Bell Rock off Dundee. Commander Bingham boldly approached the stricken cruiser and kept ''Hornet'' alongside while groups of men leapt from the grounded vessel to his deck.  Not a man was lost in the daring rescue.{{HardLying|p. 122}}
  
 
She reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 12 November, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 789}}
 
She reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 12 November, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 789}}
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*{{CommRN}} [[Colin Kenneth MacLean]], 12 May, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 327.</ref>
 
*{{CommRN}} [[Colin Kenneth MacLean]], 12 May, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 327.</ref>
 
*{{CommRN}} [[Cecil G. Chichester]], 10 November, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 332.</ref>
 
*{{CommRN}} [[Cecil G. Chichester]], 10 November, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 332.</ref>
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*{{CommRN}} [[Bingham]], in command in 1915.{{HardLying|p. 121}}
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*{{CommRN}} [[Edward Barry Stewart Bingham|The Honourable Edward B. S. Bingham]], in command in 1915.{{HardLying|pp. 121-2}}
 
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Revision as of 15:06, 4 January 2014

H.M.S. Hornet (1911)
Pendant Number: H.49 (1914)
H.42 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 20 Dec, 1911[4]
Sold: 1921[5]
Fate: Broken up Oct 1922[6]

H.M.S. Hornet was one of 29 destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[7]

Service

Hornet served with the First Destroyer Flotilla from at least July, 1913.[8]

In 1915, while serving in the First Destroyer Flotilla out of South Queensferry, Hornet was under the command of Commander Bingham when her sub-division mate Tigress had her bridge rails mangled by a sea with sufficient force to injure her captain.[9] On 28 October 1915, she and Jackal stood by the armoured cruiser Argyll, which had run hard aground in stormy seas on Bell Rock off Dundee. Commander Bingham boldly approached the stricken cruiser and kept Hornet alongside while groups of men leapt from the grounded vessel to his deck. Not a man was lost in the daring rescue.[10]

She reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 12 November, 1919.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 327.
  9. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 121.
  10. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 122.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 789.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 327.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 332.
  14. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 121-2.

Bibliography


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