H.M.S. Porcupine (1895)

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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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 357.
  8. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
  9. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
  10. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  11. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 293.
  12. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 291.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 359.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 357.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 357.
  16. The Navy List. (September, 1913). p. 357.
  17. The Navy List. (September, 1913). p. 357.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 357.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 357.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 357.
  21. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396o.
  22. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396o.
  23. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396o.
  24. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 868.
  25. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 868.

Bibliography


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26 Knotters
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