H.M.S. Arab (1901)

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H.M.S. Arab (1901)
Pendant Number: D.01 (1914)
D.77 (Sep 1915)
D.05 (Jan 1918)
H.08 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Thomson[2]
Ordered: 1896-97 Programme[3]
Laid down: 5 Mar, 1900[4]
Launched: 9 Feb, 1901[5][6]
Commissioned: Jan, 1903[7]
Broken up: 1919[8]

H.M.S. Arab was one of twenty-four destroyers of the "B" class — a "30 knotter".

Service

In December, 1905, she was part of the nucleus crew reserve at Devonport.[9]

In January, 1907, she was in the Destroyer Flotilla based at Devonport, known as the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

In April, 1910, she was in the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[11]

In mid-1913, she was in the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  5. March. British Destroyers. p. 55.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  9. The Monthly Navy List (December, 1905), p. 270b.
  10. The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 270a.
  11. The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 269.
  12. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 279.
  13. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 278.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 278.
  15. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 280.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 275.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 781.

Bibliography


"B" Class Destroyer
Quail Sparrowhawk Thrasher Virago Earnest
Griffon Locust Panther Seal Wolf
Express Orwell Lively Sprightly Success
Spiteful Peterel Myrmidon Syren Kangaroo
  Arab Cobra Albacore Bonetta  
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