H.M.S. Hunter (1895)

H.M.S. Hunter (1895)
Builder:	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Ordered:	1893-94
Laid down:	7 Jun, 1894
Launched:	28 Dec, 1895
Commissioned:	May, 1896
Broken up:	1912

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

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

Service

Hunter was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander R. G. Gregory in H.M.S. Spitfire.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant & Commander Percy S. St. John, 8 July, 1896 – 18 August, 1896  (for manoeuvres)
• Commander Reginald G. O. Tupper, 18 August, 1896 – 7 November, 1896
• Lieutenant & Commander Herbert G. Smith, 7 November, 1896 – 9 September, 1897
• Lieutenant & Commander Philip S. Watson, 13 September, 1897 – 4 October, 1897
• Lieutenant & Commander Philip S. Watson, 1898 – 30 Sepotember, 1898
• Lieutenant in Command William N. England, 13 September, 1898 – 13 September, 1898
• Lieutenant & Commander Lawrence de W. Satow, 13 September, 1898 – 1 February, 1899
• Lieutenant & Commander Robert G. Corbett, 1 February, 1899 – 27 March, 1900
• Gunner in Command John W. Renshaw, 8 February, 1900 – 1903
• Chief Gunner (in Command?) Edward Duffett, 30 April, 1903 – 2 January, 1905  (possibly also of Conflict)
• Lieutenant & Commander Gerard C. Pigou, 21 July, 1903  (temporary, for manoeuvres)
• Lieutenant & Commander Bernard J. H. Ward, 3 January, 1905 – 23 May, 1905
• Lieutenant & Commander William J. Scott, 23 May, 1905 – 1906^{[Fact Check]}
• Lieutenant & Commander Robert J. Buchanan, 1 January, 1906 – 12 May, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Aubrey E. D. Moore, 12 May, 1906 – 28 May, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Robert J. Buchanan, 28 May, 1906 – 1 January, 1907
• Chief Gunner in Command Walter G. Jones, 1 January, 1907
• Lieutenant & Commander Percy Johnson, 1 May, 1907 – 14 January, 1908
• Lieutenant & Commander George F. A. Mulock, 14 January, 1908 – 16 January, 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander Reginald G. Talbot, 16 January, 1909 – 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander (T) Cecil R. Nicholl, 1909 – 15 January, 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Richard W. U. Bayly, 15 January, 1910 – 11 August, 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Charles L. Fox, 11 August, 1910 – 24 May, 1911

See Also

• Wikipedia