H.M.S. Racoon (1910)
H.M.S. Racoon (1910) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.A7 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Cammell Laird[2] |
Ordered: | 1908-09 Programme[3] |
Launched: | 15 Feb, 1910[4] |
Completed: | Oct, 1910[5] |
Wrecked: | 9 Jan, 1918[6] |
H.M.S. Racoon was one of sixteen Beagle class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy shortly before the Great War.
Service
In mid-1913 she was active with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
Some time prior to September 1914, she was moved to the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.
In mid-1914 it was decided that she, along with two of her sisters while they were apparently on Mediterranean service, was not to have a platform fitted abaft the 4-in gun.[8]
On 8 March, 1915, Racoon was damaged by an underwater shell-burst when she and several other destroyers went to the aid of the mined battleship Ocean.[9]
In November, 1917, Racoon joined the Second Destroyer Flotilla on the Northern Division of the Coast of Ireland Station, based at Buncrana.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh D. Colville, 19 October, 1910[10] – 25 February, 1911[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur G. Muller, 25 February, 1911[12] – c. September, 1915
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry N. M. Hardy, 1 September, 1915[13] – 10 November, 1915[14][15]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter O. H. Lambert, 10 November, 1915[16] – 25 September, 1916[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth F. Sworder, 25 September, 1916[18][19] – 9 August, 1917[20]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick L. Cavaye, 9 August, 1917 – 6 September, 1917
- Lieutenant in Command George L. M. Napier, October, 1917[21] – 9 January, 1918[22] (killed when she was wrecked[23])
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 365.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 39 of 19 June, 1914.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
- ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
- ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 397m.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397h.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397h.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144. f. 56.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144. f. 56.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144. f. 56.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397f.
- ↑ Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. f. ?.
- ↑ Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397g.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 115.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 446-7.
Bibliography