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'''H.M.S. ''Beaver''''' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Beaver''''' was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].


==Service==
==Service==
In July 1913 she was serving with the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 283.</ref>
In July 1913 ''Beaver'' was busy with the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 283.</ref>


In June 1914, planned alterations in [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]], when the ship was presumably serving with the {{UK-DF|1}} were to be deferred:{{AWO1914|36 of 19 June, 1914}}
In June 1914, planned alterations in [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]], when the ship was presumably serving with the {{UK-DF|1}} were to be deferred:{{AWO1914|36 of 19 June, 1914}}
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* altering starboard window of W/T office
* altering starboard window of W/T office
* fitting of 4-inch cant near galley
* fitting of 4-inch cant near galley
* fitting double clamping termonals in oil-fuel motor circuits
* fitting double clamping terminals in oil-fuel motor circuits
* fitting of loading lights to guns
* fitting of loading lights to guns


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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton]], 17 March, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 283.</ref>
* {{CommRN}} [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton]], 17 March, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 283.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Kenneth A. Beattie]], 20 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 280.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Kenneth Adair Beattie|Kenneth A. Beattie]], 20 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 280.</ref>
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==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:58, 5 January 2014

H.M.S. Beaver (1911)
Pendant Number: H.17 (1914)
H.66 (Sep 1915)
H.20 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Denny[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 6 Oct, 1911[4]
Commissioned: Nov, 1912[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Beaver was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron class.

Service

In July 1913 Beaver was busy with the First Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

In June 1914, planned alterations in Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, when the ship was presumably serving with the First Destroyer Flotilla were to be deferred:[8]

  • fitting of boom to stern
  • fitting of ash and slop shoot
  • altering starboard window of W/T office
  • fitting of 4-inch cant near galley
  • fitting double clamping terminals in oil-fuel motor circuits
  • fitting of loading lights to guns

She was reduced to a C. & M. Party at the Nore on 25 March, 1920.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 283.
  8. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 36 of 19 June, 1914.
  9. The Navy List (January, 1921), p. 731.
  10. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 283.
  11. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 280.

Bibliography


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