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] |
Wrecked: | 9 Jan, 1918[5] |
H.M.S. Racoon was one of 16 destroyers of the Beagle class.
Service
In mid-1913 she was active with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
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.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur G. Muller, 25 February, 1911.[8]
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 365.
Bibliography