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==Service==
 
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In late 1905 she was in commission in reserve as part of the Sheerness-Chatham Reserve Division and listed as a tender to the {{UK-Pembroke}}.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (December, 1905), p. 270''b''.</ref>
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In early 1907 she was in commission with a nucleus crew at Portsmouth and listed as a tender to the {{UK-Hecla|f=t}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1907), p. 270''a''.</ref>
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In early 1910 she was a member of the Home Fleet's First Destroyer Flotilla.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1910), p. 269.</ref>
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''Usk'' paid off at Sheerness on 1 May, 1911 and entered dockyard hands. Her crew were sent to recommission the destroyer ''Dee'' at Devonport.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 28 April, 1911.  Issue '''39573''', col B, p. 15.</ref>
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In mid-1913, ''Usk'' was in Hong Kong.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 388.</ref>
 
In mid-1913, ''Usk'' was in Hong Kong.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 388.</ref>
  
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Duncan Hermann Carmichael|Duncan H. Carmichael]], October 1905.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (December, 1905), p. 388.</ref>
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Cyril Percival Ryan|Cyril P. Ryan]], 22 October, 1906.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1907), p. 388.</ref>
 
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[William Dion Irvin|William D. Irvin]], 5 September, 1909.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1910), p. 389.</ref>
 
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[William Dion Irvin|William D. Irvin]], 5 September, 1909.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1910), p. 389.</ref>
 
* {{LCommRN}} [[Wellwood George Courtenay Maxwell|Wellwood G. C. Maxwell]], 21 October, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 386.</ref>
 
* {{LCommRN}} [[Wellwood George Courtenay Maxwell|Wellwood G. C. Maxwell]], 21 October, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 386.</ref>

Revision as of 19:52, 29 March 2014

H.M.S. Usk (1903)
Pendant Number: unknown[1]
Builder: Yarrow[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 30 Jul, 1902[4]
Launched: 25 Jul, 1903[5]
Commissioned: Mar, 1904[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Usk was one of thirty-six destroyers of the "River" class.

Service

In late 1905 she was in commission in reserve as part of the Sheerness-Chatham Reserve Division and listed as a tender to the Pembroke.[8]

In early 1907 she was in commission with a nucleus crew at Portsmouth and listed as a tender to the depot ship Hecla.[9]

In early 1910 she was a member of the Home Fleet's First Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

Usk paid off at Sheerness on 1 May, 1911 and entered dockyard hands. Her crew were sent to recommission the destroyer Dee at Devonport.[11]

In mid-1913, Usk was in Hong Kong.[12]

Under Lieutenant-Commander Maxwell, Usk was amongst three "Rivers" employed in towing landing boats in to Anzac Cove at the Dardanelles.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  8. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (December, 1905), p. 270b.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 270a.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 269.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 28 April, 1911. Issue 39573, col B, p. 15.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 388.
  13. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 78.
  14. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (December, 1905), p. 388.
  15. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 388.
  16. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 389.
  17. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 386.
  18. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918), p. 923.
  19. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 922a.

Bibliography


River Class Destroyer
Erne Ettrick Exe Ribble Teviot
Usk Derwent Eden Foyle Itchen
Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
Ure Wear Liffey Moy Ouse
  Boyne Doon Kale  
  Rother Stour Test  
<– "D" Class Destroyers (UK) Tribal Class –>


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