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'''H.M.S. ''Beaver''''' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Beaver''''' was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].


==Career==
==Service==
In July 1913 she was serving with the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 283.</ref>
In July 1913 ''Beaver'' was busy with the {{UK-DF|1}}.{{NLJul13|p. 283}}


In June 1914, planned alterations in [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]], when the ship was presumably serving with the {{UK-DF|1}} were to be deferred:{{AWO1914|36 of 19 June, 1914}}
In June 1914, planned alterations in [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]], when the ship was presumably serving with the {{UK-DF|1}} were to be deferred:{{AWO1914|36 of 19 June, 1914}}
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* altering starboard window of W/T office
* altering starboard window of W/T office
* fitting of 4-inch cant near galley
* fitting of 4-inch cant near galley
* fitting double clamping termonals in oil-fuel motor circuits
* fitting double clamping terminals in oil-fuel motor circuits
* fitting of loading lights to guns
* fitting of loading lights to guns
She was reduced to a C. & M. Party at the Nore on 25 March, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 731}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton]], 17 March, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 283.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|nick=Arthur B. S. Dutton|appt=17 March, 1913{{NLJan14|p. 284}}<ref>Dutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>|end=20 January, 1914<ref>Dutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603013}} f. 258.</ref>}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[Kenneth A. Beattie]], 20 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 284.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Adair Beattie|nick=Kenneth A. Beattie|appt=20 January, 1914<ref>Beattie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/125.|D7604029}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 392''i''}}|end=7 May, 1916<ref>Beattie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/125.|D7604029}} f. ?.</ref>|note=hospitalised with neuritis in March, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Raymond Jocelyn Harris-St. John|nick=Raymond J. Harris|appt=13 March, 1915<ref>Harris-St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/131.|D7604230}} f. 71.</ref>|end=1 April, 1915<ref>Harris-St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/131.|D7604230}} f. 71.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} ('''I''')|name=Joseph Bernard Newill|nick=Joseph B. Newill|appt=7 May, 1916<ref>Newill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/129.|D7604884}} f. 140.</ref>|end=15 February, 1917<ref>Newill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/129.|D7604884}} f. 140.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin|nick=Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin|appt=15 February, 1917<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 391''q''}}|end=5 January, 1918<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick Alfred Tollemache|nick=Frederick A. Tollemache|appt=5 January, 1918<ref>Tollemache Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/152/45.|}} f. 47.</ref>{{NLSep19|p. 738}}|end=22 October, 1919<ref>Tollemache Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/152/45.|}} f. 47.</ref>|note=and for a group of T.B.Ds. from 20 March, 1919}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:51, 9 December 2021

H.M.S. Beaver (1911)
Pendant Number: H.17 (1914)
H.66 (Sep 1915)
H.20 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 6 Oct, 1911[4]
Commissioned: Nov, 1912[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Beaver was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron class.

Service

In July 1913 Beaver was busy with the First Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

In June 1914, planned alterations in Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, when the ship was presumably serving with the First Destroyer Flotilla were to be deferred:[8]

  • fitting of boom to stern
  • fitting of ash and slop shoot
  • altering starboard window of W/T office
  • fitting of 4-inch cant near galley
  • fitting double clamping terminals in oil-fuel motor circuits
  • fitting of loading lights to guns

She was reduced to a C. & M. Party at the Nore on 25 March, 1920.[9]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 283.
  8. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 36 of 19 June, 1914.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 731.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 284.
  11. ↑ Dutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 258.
  12. ↑ Dutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 258.
  13. ↑ Beattie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/125. f. ?.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392i.
  15. ↑ Beattie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/125. f. ?.
  16. ↑ Harris-St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/131. f. 71.
  17. ↑ Harris-St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/131. f. 71.
  18. ↑ Newill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/129. f. 140.
  19. ↑ Newill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/129. f. 140.
  20. ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391q.
  22. ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  23. ↑ Tollemache Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/45. f. 47.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 738.
  25. ↑ Tollemache Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/45. f. 47.

Bibliography


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