H.M.S. Acasta (1912)

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H.M.S. Acasta (1912)
Pendant Number: H.59 (1914)
H.00 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Launched: 10 Sep, 1912[3]
Sold: May, 1921[4]

H.M.S. Acasta was one of 20 destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander John O. Barron. She was holed fore and aft while screening the Third Battle Cruiser Squadron, being obliged to hoist the signal "Am in danger of sinking."[5] On 2nd June, she was taken under tow by Nonsuch to Aberdeen. She made Aberdeen with the assistance of a trawler at 9.15 p.m. on the 2nd.[6]

In July 1918, Acasta was attached to Vernon in Portsmouth.[7]

In 1919, she tested the experimental 21-in Mark VI torpedo from a special tube. It was a notable failure and further work was abandoned.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 14, 18, 34, 44.
  6. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 30, 32.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 16.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 13.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 266.

Bibliography


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