H.M.S. Hunter (1895)

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H.M.S. Hunter (1895)
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 7 Jun, 1894[3]
Launched: 28 Dec, 1895[4]
Commissioned: May, 1896[5]
Broken up: 1912[6]

H.M.S. Hunter was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, a broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.

She was broken up before the war.

Service

Hunter 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]

She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  7. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.
  8. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.
  9. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  10. Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1336.
  11. Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1336.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 231.
  13. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 14 September, 1897. Issue 35308, col B, p. 5.
  14. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
  15. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
  16. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 27 August, 1898. Issue 35606, col C, p. 4.
  17. Satow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 289.
  18. Satow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 289.
  19. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  20. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  21. Renshaw Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/262
  22. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 267.
  23. Renshaw Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/262
  24. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 328.
  26. "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  27. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  28. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 328.
  29. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
  30. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
  31. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  32. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  33. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
  34. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 328.
  35. Buchanan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/4. f. 4.
  36. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 328.
  37. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 329.
  38. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 328.
  39. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 328.
  40. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 328.
  41. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  42. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  43. The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 328.
  44. Day of month taken from predecessor. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  45. Fox Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/98. f. ?.

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