H.M.S. Crusader (1909)

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H.M.S. Crusader (1909)
Pendant Number: H.66 (1914)
D.03 (Sep 1915)
D.21 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. S. White[2]
Ordered: 1907-08 Programme[3]
Launched: 20 Mar, 1909[4]
Sold: 1920[5]

H.M.S. Crusader was one of twelve destroyers of the "Tribal" class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

While part of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, the ship was one of four of her class undergoing refit in Chatham Royal Dockyard until 8 July, 1914.[7]

Radio

In 1909, she became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  3. March. British Destroyers. p. 84.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  6. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 297.
  7. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 88 of 3 July 1914.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. Wireless Appendix, p. 25.
  9. The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 298.
  10. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 298.
  11. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 300a.
  12. The Navy List (January, 1915), p. 299.
  13. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 770.

Bibliography


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