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Revision as of 14:10, 19 May 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]
Sold: 1 Nov, 1921[5]

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.[6]

Commander Harry R. Godfrey commanded her when she covered the landings at Anzac Cove at Gallipoli.[7]

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.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  3. March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  6. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 283.
  7. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 112.
  8. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 280.

Bibliography


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