H.M.S. Contest (1894)

H.M.S. Contest (1894)
Builder:	Laird^[1]
Ordered:	1893-94^[2]
Laid down:	Mar, 1894^[3]
Launched:	1 Dec, 1894^[4]
Commissioned:	Jul, 1895^[5]
Broken up:	1911^[6]

H.M.S. Contest was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".

She was broken up before the war.

Service

Contest was placed on the sale list on or around 4 December, 1910.^[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant & Commander William O. Boothby, 27 July, 1895^[8] – before 2 September, 1895^[9] (for manoeuvres)
Lieutenant & Commander George S. Q. Carr, 12 December, 1895^[10] – 14 January, 1897
Lieutenant & Commander George E. Cave, 11 January, 1897^[11] – 30 November, 1897
Lieutenant & Commander The Hon. Hubert G. Brand, 17 November, 1897^[12] – before 15 September, 1898^[13]
Lieutenant & Commander Cecil H. Fox, 10 September, 1898^[14] (service record indicates Sturgeon)
Lieutenant & Commander Charles Tibbits, 25 August, 1899^[15]^[16] – 2 September, 1899^[17]
Lieutenant & Commander Reginald A. Norton, 5 November, 1900^[18] – 28 February, 1901
Lieutenant & Commander Basil A. Austen, 18 February, 1901^[19] – 18 March, 1902
Lieutenant & Commander Claud H. Sinclair, 16 July, 1901^[20] (for manœuvres)
Lieutenant & Commander Henry R. Heathcote, August, 1902 – 21 August, 1902
Lieutenant in Command Robert M. Haynes, 8 January, 1903^[21] – 23 January, 1903^[22]
Lieutenant & Commander Frederick W. Kinahan, 23 January, 1903^[23] – 5 November, 1903
Lieutenant & Commander Bernhard A. Pratt-Barlow, 15 April, 1904 – 31 August, 1904
Lieutenant & Commander Henry C. Alcock, 3 January, 1905^[24] – 27 November, 1905
Lieutenant & Commander Fitzroy H. Hall, 10 April, 1906^[25] – July, 1906^[Inference]
Lieutenant & Commander Reginald E. Marcon, 23 July, 1906^[26] – 18 February, 1908
Lieutenant & Commander Leveson G. B. A. Campbell, 18 February, 1908^[27]^[28] – 8 February, 1909^[29]

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 05, 1910; pg. 16; Issue 39447.
↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 214.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 214.
↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 9 November 1897. Issue 35355, col D, p. 7.
↑ Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 22.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 240.
↑ Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 9 August, 1899. Issue 35903, col D, p. 4.
↑ Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 241.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 241.
↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col B, p. 8.
↑ Haynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/423. f. ?.
↑ Haynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/423. f. ?.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 244a.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 295.
↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 295.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 295.
↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 15 February, 1908. Issue 38570, col B, p. 12.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 295.
↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.