H.M.S. Gabriel (1915)

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H.M.S. Gabriel (1915)
Pendant Number: G.21 (Sep 1915)
F.00 (Jan 1917)
F.91 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Ordered: Nov, 1914[3]
Launched: 23 Dec, 1915[4]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Gabriel was one of seven Lightfoot class flotilla leaders built for the Royal Navy.

Service

Gabriel joined the Grand Fleet's Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla as a flotilla leader in June, 1916.[6]

In July, 1918, she joined the Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla as the leader of its Slow Division, operating out of the Humber.[7] By war's end, Gabriel was equipped to carry an indeterminate number of "M" sinker mines.[8]

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport, 15 October, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1916). p. 12.
  7. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1918). p. 15.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. Plate 7.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 777.
  10. Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394o.
  12. Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  13. Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393x.
  15. Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 797.
  17. Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.

Bibliography


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