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H.M.S. Flying Fish (1897)
Pendant Number:	P.86 (1914) D.57 (Sep 1915) D.40 (Jan 1918) H.69 (Sep 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Palmer^[2]
Ordered:	1895-96 Programme^[3]
Laid down:	9 Aug, 1896^[4]
Launched:	4 Mar, 1897^[5]
Commissioned:	Jun, 1898^[6]
Sold:	Aug, 1919^[7]

H.M.S. Flying Fish was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, she was operating with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.^[8]

Captains

With some ambiguity, it somehow seems that Flying Fish and Spiteful shared commanders Nicholson and Sparks.

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Arthur G. M. Meredyth, 3 November, 1898^[9]
Commander Morgan Singer, 3 October, 1899^[10] – 11 January, 1901^[11]
Commander Douglas R. M. Nicholson, 11 January, 1901^[12]^[13] (also in command of Spiteful)
Lieutenant & Commander Hugh P. Buckle, 16 December, 1901^[14]^[15] – 30 September, 1903^[Inference]
Lieutenant & Commander Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 30 September, 1903^[16] – late 1903^[17]
Lieutenant & Commander Ernest E. Parker, 23 October, 1903^[18]
Lieutenant & Commander The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham, August, 1905^[19] (temporarily loaned)
Commander Charles H. Morgan, 24 August, 1905^[20] – 28 May, 1906^[21]
Lieutenant in Command George H. H. Holden, 28 May, 1906^[22] – 26 July, 1906^[23]
Lieutenant & Commander William H. H. S. Thomson, 26 July, 1906^[24]^[25]
Lieutenant & Commander Reginald C. L. Owens, 21 May, 1908^[26]
Lieutenant & Commander Gordon A. Coles, 19 October, 1909^[27] – 1910
Lieutenant & Commander Michael K. H. Kennedy, 26 November, 1910^[28] – 14 August, 1913^[Inference]
Lieutenant & Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 14 August, 1913^[29]
Lieutenant in Command Philip W. S. King, 3 February, 1914^[30] (followed by about a month in dockyard hands)
Lieutenant-Commander Philip W. S. King, 19 May, 1914^[31]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William H. Dunster, August, 1916^[32]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Percy Younghusband, 21 October, 1918^[33] – 26 November, 1918^[34]^[35]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Geoffrey A. Robinson, 26 November, 1918^[36]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 303.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 November, 1898. Issue 35662, col F, p. 10.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 16 October, 1899. Issue 35961, col D, p. 10.
↑ Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 220.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 28 December, 1900. Issue 36337, col D, p. 5.
↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 6 December 1901. (36631), p. 6.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 257.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 6 October, 1903. Issue 37204, col D, p. 8.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 316.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 316.
↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
↑ Holden Service Record, in our PDF for Hugh Justin Tweedie. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 331.
↑ Holden Service Record, in our PDF for Hugh Justin Tweedie. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 331.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 27 July, 1906. Issue 38,083, col F, p. 5.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 316.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 317.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 317.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 315.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 315.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394e.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393v.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 795.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 795.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.

Bibliography

"C" Class Destroyer

Star

Whiting

Bat

Chamois

Crane

Flying Fish

Fawn

Flirt

Bullfinch

Dove

Violet

Sylvia

Lee

Avon

Bittern

Otter

Leopard

Vixen

Brazen

Electra

Recruit

Vulture

Kestrel

Cheerful

Mermaid

Greyhound

Racehorse

Roebuck

Gipsy

Fairy

Osprey

Leven

Falcon

Ostrich

Thorn

Tiger

Vigilant

Albatross

Viper

Velox

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"B" Class

Destroyers (UK)

"D" Class

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[2] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.

[5] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.

[7] Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 303.

[8] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.

[9] "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 November, 1898. Issue 35662, col F, p. 10.

[10] "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 16 October, 1899. Issue 35961, col D, p. 10.

[11] Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 220.

[12] "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 28 December, 1900. Issue 36337, col D, p. 5.

[13] Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.

[14] "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 6 December 1901. (36631), p. 6.

[15] The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 257.

[16] "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 6 October, 1903. Issue 37204, col D, p. 8.

[17] The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 316.

[18] The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 316.

[19] Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.

[20] Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.

[21] Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.

[22] Holden Service Record, in our PDF for Hugh Justin Tweedie. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 331.

[23] Holden Service Record, in our PDF for Hugh Justin Tweedie. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 331.

[24] "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 27 July, 1906. Issue 38,083, col F, p. 5.

[25] The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 316.

[26] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 317.

[27] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 317.

[28] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.

[29] The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 315.

[30] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 315.

[31] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394e.

[32] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393v.

[33] The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 795.

[34] The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 795.

[35] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.

[36] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.

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