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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Norman Benbow|nick=John N. Benbow|appt=6 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 383}}|end=3 August, 1914}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=William Ogilvy Hozier|nick=William O. Hozier|appt=3 August, 1914{{INF}}|end=20 January, 1915}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=William Ogilvy Hozier|nick=William O. Hozier|appt=3 August, 1914{{INF}}|end=20 January, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Henry Francis Besant|nick=Henry F. Besant|appt=23 January, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 398''q''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Henry Francis Besant|nick=Henry F. Besant|appt=23 January, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 398''q''}}|end=30 March, 1916}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Douglas George Jeffrey|nick=Douglas G. Jeffrey|appt=30 March, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 398''q''}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Douglas George Jeffrey|nick=Douglas G. Jeffrey|appt=30 March, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 398''q''}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Claude Hamilton|nick=Claude Hamilton|appt=22 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 398''k''}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Claude Hamilton|nick=Claude Hamilton|appt=22 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 398''k''}}|end=}}

Revision as of 09:56, 25 July 2017

H.M.S. Thorn (1900)
Pendant Number: D.57 (1914)
D.70 (Sep 1915)
D.89 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Ordered: Purchased 31 Mar 1900
Launched: 17 Mar, 1900[3]
Commissioned: Jun, 1901[4]
Broken up: 1919[5]

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

Service

In mid-1913, Thorn was with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 385.
  7. Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  8. Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 386.
  10. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 386.
  12. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 386.
  14. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/180. f. 181.
  15. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 400.
  16. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/180. f. 181.
  17. Hobart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/45. f. 448.
  18. Hobart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/45. f. 448.
  19. The Navy List. (December, 1912). p. 313.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 386.
  21. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 383.
  22. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398q.
  23. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398q.
  24. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398k.
  25. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 919.

Bibliography


"C" Class Destroyer
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Flying Fish Fawn Flirt Bullfinch Dove
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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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