H.M.S. Garry (1905)

H.M.S. Garry (1905)
Pendant Number:	N.10 (1914) D.21 (Sep 1915) D.41 (Jan 1918) H.73 (Sep 1918)
Builder:	Yarrow
Ordered:	1903-04 Programme
Laid down:	25 Apr, 1904
Launched:	21 Mar, 1905
Commissioned:	Sep, 1905
Broken up:	1919

H.M.S. Garry was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was in the Mediterranean.

On 23 November, 1914, under the command of Commander Wilson, Garry rammed U 18 off Scapa Flow, obligating her crew to later scuttle her. Garry rescued all but one of the enemy submariners.

On 19 July, 1918, Garry was among several ships that sank UB 110 in the North Sea.^{[Fact Check]}

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant Ralph Collins, 17 September, 1905 – 9 April, 1906
• Commander Harry L. d'E. Skipwith, 9 April, 1906 – 11 June, 1907
• Commander Alan C. Bruce, 11 June, 1907 – 14 January, 1908
• Lieutenant & Commander Percy Johnson, 14 January, 1908 – 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 10 June, 1910 – 13 February, 1911
• Lieutenant-Commander George W. Taylor, 13 February, 1911 – 9 May, 1911
• Lieutenant-Commander (I) Gerald C. Dickens, 9 May, 1911 – 21 June, 1911  (temporary)
• Commander Henry W. Osburn, 21 June, 1911 – 22 January, 1913
• Commander Osmond J. Prentis, 1 April, 1913 – November, 1913
• Commander Graham R. L. Edwards, 20 November, 1913 – 7 December, 1913
• Commander William W. Wilson, 28 July, 1914
• Lieutenant-Commander Ambrose T. N. Abbay, 9 October, 1915 – 23 May, 1916
• Lieutenant in Command Henry A. Binmore, 23 May, 1916 – 2 January, 1917
• Lieutenant in Command Edward F. B. Law, 21 June, 1917 – 9 January, 1918
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Geoffrey H. Barnish, 25 July, 1918 – 3 June, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Terence A. F. Longford, 27 May, 1921 – 11 June, 1921
• Lieutenant-Commander Walter O. H. Lambert, 16 May, 1922 – 15 April, 1924

See Also

• Wikipedia