H.M.S. Orwell (1898)
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| H.M.S. Orwell (1898) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D.49 (1914) D.86 (Sep 1915) D.63 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Laird[2] |
| Ordered: | 1897-98[3] |
| Laid down: | 9 Nov, 1897[4] |
| Launched: | 29 Sep, 1898[5] |
| Commissioned: | Jan, 1900[6] |
| Broken up: | 1922[7] |
H.M.S. Orwell was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, active with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Ralph Hudleston, 19 April, 1900[9][10] – 6 October, 1902[11]
- Lieutenant & Commander Francis R. Wrottesley, 22 December, 1902[12]
- Lieutenant & Commander John R. Corner, 10 January, 1906 – 28 May, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald C. L. Owens, 28 May, 1906[13]
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward O. Tudor, 17 December, 1907[14] – 23 August, 1909 (absent from June, 1909 to, likely, end of his appointment)
- Lieutenant & Commander Claud F. Allsup, 4 June, 1909[15] – 23 August, 1909[16] (during absence of Lt. Tudor)
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles W. J. Howard, 23 August, 1909[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Ralph V. Eyre, 15 August, 1910[18] – 31 December, 1911
- Lieutenant in Command Ernest H. B. Williams, 4 January, 1912[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander John Fawcett, 14 July, 1914[20] – 30 June, 1915[21]
- Lieutenant in Command Hubert W. D. Griffith, 30 June, 1915[22][23] – 10 May, 1916[24]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Kingsley G. Howe, 17 February, 1917[25] – 31 January, 1918[26]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Sydney Robbins, 28 May, 1918[27]
Some Lieutenant & Commander "John W. Pugh" was appointed on 21 November, 1906, but I cannot determine exactly what his full name is.[28]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
- ↑ Hudleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/211. f. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 287.
- ↑ Hudleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/211. f. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 351.
- ↑ Allsup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/169. f. 170.
- ↑ Some inference here, but Tudor was invalided following surgery, to 2 September.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 365.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Griffith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/58. f. 64.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396i.
- ↑ Griffith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/58. f. 64.
- ↑ Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/226. f. 226.
- ↑ Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/226. f. 226.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 856.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 351.
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