H.M.S. Porcupine (1895)

H.M.S. Porcupine (1895)
Pendant Number:	N.19 (1914) D.OA (Sep 1915), D.69 (1918)^[1]
Builder:	Palmer^[2]
Ordered:	1893-94^[3]
Laid down:	28 Mar, 1894^[4]
Launched:	19 Sep, 1895^[5]
Commissioned:	Mar, 1896
Broken up:	1920^[6]

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

Service

In mid-1913, stationed in The Nore.^[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant Robert C. Hamilton, 28 April, 1902^[8] – 1 August, 1902^[9]
Lieutenant Alan C. Bruce, 11 April, 1899^[10]
Lieutenant & Commander George G. Codrington, 23 January, 1902^[11]
Lieutenant & Commander George N, Ballard, 10 March, 1903^[12]
Lieutenant & Commander Reginald G. Coplestone, 9 May, 1904^[13]
Gunner in Command George E. Casley, April, 1906^[14]
Lieutenant & Commander Cecil R. Nicholl, 28 July, 1908^[15]
Lieutenant & Commander Cecil M. Queripel, 2 January, 1911^[16] – 7 October, 1911^[17]
Lieutenant & Commander Henry D. Pridham-Wippell, 5 April, 1912^[18]^[19] – ^[20]
Lieutenant & Commander Charles E. Hamond, 1 October, 1913^[21] – 13 January, 1914^[22]^[23]
Lieutenant in Command Cuthbert P. Blake, 13 January, 1914^[24] – 4 December, 1915^[25]^[26]
Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Reginald G. Pardoe, 4 December, 1915^[27] – 1919^{[Fact Check]}

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 357.
↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 293.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 291.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 359.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 357.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 357.
↑ Queripel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/90. f. 93.
↑ Queripel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/90. f. 93.
↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
↑ The Navy List. (September, 1913). p. 357.
↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 357.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 357.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396o.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396o.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396o.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 868.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 868.