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==Service==
==Service==
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[John O. Barron]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
In July 1918, the ship was attached to {{UK-Vernon}} in Portsmouth.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (July, 1918).  p. 16.</ref>
In July 1918, the ship was attached to {{UK-Vernon}} in Portsmouth.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (July, 1918).  p. 16.</ref>


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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[John Ouchterlony Barron]], 21 November 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 266.</ref>
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* {{LCommRN}} [[John Ouchterlony Barron]], 21 November 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 266.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 15:43, 24 September 2013

H.M.S. Acasta (1912)
Pendant Number: H.59 (1914)
H.00 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Launched: 10 Sep, 1912[3]
Sold: May, 1921[4]

H.M.S. Acasta was one of 20 destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander John O. Barron.[5]

In July 1918, the ship was attached to Vernon in Portsmouth.[6]

In 1919, she tested the experimental 21-in Mark VI torpedo from a special tube. It was a notable failure and further work was abandoned.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 16.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 13.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 266.

Bibliography


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