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'''H.M.S. ''Lurcher''''' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Lurcher''''' was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]], one of the three "Yarrow specials" which proved so amazingly fast.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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In mid-1913, she was in the {{UK-DF|4}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 342.</ref>
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In mid-1913, she was in the {{UK-DF|4}}.{{NLJul13|p. 342}}
  
 
At the [[Battle of Heligoland Bight]], ''Lurcher'' was erroneously feared lost after she'd gone so far into the Ems in search of the enemy.  Later, she bolted in to rescue 220 survivors of {{DE-Mainz}}.{{HardLying|p. 126}}
 
At the [[Battle of Heligoland Bight]], ''Lurcher'' was erroneously feared lost after she'd gone so far into the Ems in search of the enemy.  Later, she bolted in to rescue 220 survivors of {{DE-Mainz}}.{{HardLying|p. 126}}
  
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Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 804}}
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[[Lionel George Dawson|Lionel Dawson]] admitted that he suffered many of his operational accidents in ''Lurcher'', colliding with submarines and fouling buoys in and around Harwich.{{DawsonFlotillas|pp 151-153 and nearby passages}}
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==Post-War==
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She was reduced to the care of a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 804}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Claude Lionel Cumberlege]], 29 October, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 342.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claude Lionel Cumberlege|nick=Claude L. Cumberlege|appt=29 October, 1912<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>{{NLOct13|p. 342}}|end=October, 191314 October, 1913<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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* Commander [[Richard Forster White|Richard F. White]], 14 October, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 342.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Richard Forster White|nick=Richard F. White|appt=14 October, 1913<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/373.|D7603157}} f. 422.</ref>{{NLMay14|p. 342}}|end=30 April, 1914<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/373.|D7603157}} f. 422.</ref>}}
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* Commander [[Wilfrid Tomkinson]], 30 July, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 351.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Philip Wilfred Sidney King|nick=Philip W. S. King|appt=24 April, 1913<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/146.|D7604245}} f. 79.</ref>|end=19 May, 1914<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/146.|D7604245}} f. 79.</ref>}}
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* Commander [[Lionel George Dawson|Lionel G. Dawson]], after Tomkinson, from some time in 1915.{{HardLying|p. 126}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Harold George Campbell|nick=Harold G. Campbell|appt=June, 1914<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/278.|D7605033}} f. 293.</ref>|end=3 August, 1914<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/278.|D7605033}} f. 293.</ref>|note=remained as first lieutenant under Tomkinson}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Wilfred Tomkinson|nick=Wilfred Tomkinson|appt=3 August, 1914<ref>Tomkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 375.</ref>|end=22 September, 1915<ref>Tomkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 375.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Lionel George Dawson|nick=Lionel G. Dawson|appt=25 September, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 395''y''}}<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|end=28 November, 1916<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frank Adam Conyers Baker|nick=Frank A. C. Baker|appt=28 November, 1916<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/280.|D7605365}} f. 650.</ref>|end=10 December, 1916<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/280.|D7605365}} f. 650.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Quintin Carter|nick=Eric Q. Carter|appt=10 December, 1916<ref>Carter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>{{NLMar19|p. 837}}|end=4 April, 1919<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|succBy=Vessel inactivated}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:08, 17 December 2019

H.M.S. Lurcher (1912)
Pendant Number: H.01 (1914)
H.65 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Yarrow & Company[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 1 Jun, 1912[4]
Completed: Oct, 1913[5]
Sold: 9 Jun, 1922[6]

H.M.S. Lurcher was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron class, one of the three "Yarrow specials" which proved so amazingly fast.

Service

In mid-1913, she was in the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

At the Battle of Heligoland Bight, Lurcher was erroneously feared lost after she'd gone so far into the Ems in search of the enemy. Later, she bolted in to rescue 220 survivors of Mainz.[8]

Lionel Dawson admitted that he suffered many of his operational accidents in Lurcher, colliding with submarines and fouling buoys in and around Harwich.[9]

Post-War

She was reduced to the care of a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.[10]

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. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 342.
  8. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 126.
  9. ↑ Dawson. Flotillas. pp 151-153 and nearby passages.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 804.
  11. ↑ Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1913). p. 342.
  13. ↑ Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  14. ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1914). p. 342.
  16. ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
  17. ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/146. f. 79.
  18. ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/146. f. 79.
  19. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/278. f. 293.
  20. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/278. f. 293.
  21. ↑ Tomkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 375.
  22. ↑ Tomkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 375.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395y.
  24. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  25. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  26. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
  27. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
  28. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 837.
  30. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.

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