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Revision as of 13:28, 8 September 2016

H.M.S. Rocket (1894)
Builder: Thomson[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 14 Feb, 1894[3]
Launched: 14 Aug, 1894[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1895[5]
Broken up: 1912[6]

H.M.S. Rocket was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".

Like many of the "A" class, she was broken up before the war.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 256.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 292.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 300.
  10. ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  11. ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  12. ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 368.
  14. ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  15. ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
  16. ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 368.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 368.

Bibliography


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