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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
In July 1913 she was serving with the {{UK-DF|3}}. | In July 1913 she was serving with the {{UK-DF|3}}.{{NLJul13|p. 283}} | ||
{{CommRN}} [[Harry Rowlandson Godfrey|Harry R. Godfrey]] commanded her when she covered the landings at Anzac Cove at Gallipoli.{{HardLying|p. 112}} | {{CommRN}} [[Harry Rowlandson Godfrey|Harry R. Godfrey]] commanded her when she covered the landings at Anzac Cove at Gallipoli.{{HardLying|p. 112}} | ||
Revision as of 20:28, 29 September 2014
| H.M.S. Beagle (1909) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | H.C5 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John Brown[2] |
| Ordered: | 1908-09 Programme[3] |
| Launched: | 16 Oct, 1909[4] |
| Completed: | Jun, 1910[5] |
| Sold: | 1 Nov, 1921[6] |
H.M.S. Beagle was one of sixteen destroyers of the Beagle class.
Service
In July 1913 she was serving with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
Commander Harry R. Godfrey commanded her when she covered the landings at Anzac Cove at Gallipoli.[8]
At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, Beagle worked with five of her sisters and Arno to tow troop barges in. A similar effort with a smaller force placed its troops in the wrong position.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Harry R. Godfrey, 1 February, 1913[10]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry M. Coombs, 11 April, 1916[11]
- Commander Alfred E. Evans, September, 1917[12]
- Lieutenant in Command Arthur G. N. Wyatt, 19 June, 1918[13]
- Lieutenant in Command Reginald W. English, 29 November, 1918[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 283.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 112.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392j.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391q.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 738.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 738.
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