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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=19 April, 1904<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=20 May, 1904<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Osmond James Prentis|nick=Osmond J. Prentis|appt=19 April, 1904<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>|end=20 May, 1904<ref>Prentis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/118.|D7602904}} f. 130.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Francis Donhoff Jelf|nick=Henry F. D. Jelf|appt=20 October, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 368}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=June, 1906<ref>Donaldson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 230.</ref>|end=late June, 1906<ref>Donaldson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 230.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=June, 1906<ref>Donaldson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 230.</ref>|end=late June, 1906<ref>Donaldson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 230.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=3 August, 1906<ref>Bigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 368}}|end=26 April, 1907<ref>Bigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=3 August, 1906<ref>Bigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 368}}|end=26 April, 1907<ref>Bigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 17:16, 7 January 2017
H.M.S. Rocket (1894) | |
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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.
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest E. Lacy, 14 January, 1896[7]
- Lieutenant & Commander Adolphus H. Williamson, 12 August, 1897[8]
- Lieutenant & Commander Evan C. Bunbury, 17 February, 1903[9]
- Lieutenant in Command Osmond J. Prentis, 19 April, 1904[10] – 20 May, 1904[11]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry F. D. Jelf, 20 October, 1905[12]
- Lieutenant Leonard A. B. Donaldson, June, 1906[13] – late June, 1906[14] (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Theodore E. J. Bigg, 3 August, 1906[15][16] – 26 April, 1907[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald Henniker-Heaton, June, 1907[18] – 5 March, 1908[19]
- Lieutenant & Commander Herbert R. Stokes, 5 March, 1908[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Walter G. Rigg, 29 July, 1909[21]
- Commander Forster D. Arnold-Forster, 12 April, 1911[22] – 16 June, 1911[23]
- Commander Forster D. Arnold-Forster, 25 July, 1911[24] – 1 August, 1911[25]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 256.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 300.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 368.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 368.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
- ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 368.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
Bibliography
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Hasty | Hardy | Haughty | Janus | Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Porcupine | Salmon | Snapper | Banshee | Contest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dragon | Conflict | Teazer | Wizard | Fervent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zephyr | Handy | Hart | Hunter | Opossum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ranger | Sunfish | Rocket | Shark | Surly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spitfire | Swordfish | Zebra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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