H.M.S. Hornet (1911)

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H.M.S. Hornet (1911)
Pendant Number: H.49 (1914)
H.42 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 20 Dec, 1911[4]
Sold: 1921[5]
Fate: Broken up Oct 1922[6]

H.M.S. Hornet was one of 29 destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[7]

Service

She served with the First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

She reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 12 November, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 327.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 789.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 327.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 332.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
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Yarrow Specials
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Thornycroft Specials
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