H.M.S. Dasher (1894)
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Builder: | Yarrow & Company[1] |
Ordered: | 1893-94[2] |
Laid down: | Dec, 1893[3] |
Launched: | 28 Nov, 1894[4] |
Commissioned: | Mar, 1896[5] |
Broken up: | 1912[6] |
H.M.S. Dasher was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".
She was broken up before the war.
Service
Dasher was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander R. G. Gregory in H.M.S. Spitfire.[7]
She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander William O. Boothby, 24 July, 1895[9] – 27 July, 1895[10] (for manoeuvres, but the vessel was then replaced by Contest)
- Lieutenant in Command John Luce, 1899[11] – 24 August, 1899[12] (may be another ship -- source is not very legible)
- Lieutenant & Commander John P. Irven, 2 March, 1901 – 1901
- Lieutenant & Commander Harry C. J. R. West, 17 January, 1902[13][14] – 6 March, 1902[15]
- Lieutenant & Commander John G. de O. Coke, 18 March, 1902[16][17][18] – 1 May, 1903[19]
- Lieutenant & Commander Lockhart Leith, 14 July, 1914 – c. August, 1905[Inference] (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant & Commander Stanley V. Ellis, 3 January, 1905[20] – 1 January, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander George P. Leith, 1 January, 1906[21] – 1 April, 1906[22]
- Gunner in Command John Reep, 1 April, 1906[23] – 3 August, 1906
- Lieutenant in Command L. Stanley Holbrook, June, 1906[24] (for manoeuvres)
- Lieutenant in Command Hubert S. Monroe, 3 August, 1906[25][26] – 24 September, 1908[27]
- Lieutenant & Commander Nelson Wheelwright, 24 September, 1908[28] – 21 January, 1909
- Lieutenant in Command Hamilton C. Allen, 21 January, 1909[29][30] – 26 August, 1909[31]
- Lieutenant & Commander F. Burges Watson, 26 August, 1909[32][33] – 1 July, 1910[34]
- Lieutenant & Commander Spencer F. Russell, 24 August, 1910 – 14 February, 1911
- Lieutenant & Commander Bernard J. H. Ward, 27 March, 1911 – 30 March, 1911 (lent from Conflict)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.
- ↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
- ↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
- ↑ Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
- ↑ Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
- ↑ West Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/249. f. 384.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 17 January 1902. (36667), p. 9.
- ↑ West Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/249. f. 384.
- ↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 March 1902. (36720), p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 246a.
- ↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 299.
- ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
- ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 299.
- ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 6 August, 1906. Issue 38091', col D, p. 6.
- ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
- ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 299.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 299.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 299.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
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