H.M.S. Gala (1905)
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Builder: | Yarrow & Company[1] |
Ordered: | 1903-04 Programme[2] |
Laid down: | 1 Feb, 1904[3] |
Launched: | 7 Jan, 1905[4] |
Collision: | 27 Apr, 1908[5] |
Fate: | w/ Attentive |
H.M.S. Gala was one of 36 destroyers of the River class.
Service
In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Second Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.[7]
In 1908, Gala was cut in two in a collision with the Attentive during night manœuvres off Outer Gabbard Light Vessel.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Duncan H. Carmichael, 28 June, 1905[9] – 10 October, 1905
- Commander Wilmot S. Nicholson, 10 October, 1905[10][11] – 28 May, 1906[12]
- Commander William F. Blunt, 28 May, 1906[13] – 1 October, 1906[14]
- Commander Charles P. R. Coode, 2 October, 1906[15][16] – 13 August, 1907[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Frank Powell, 19 August, 1907[18] – 27 April, 1908[19] (Vessel Lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p.82.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 82.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 29 June, 1905. Issue 37746, col A, p. 11.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 10 October, 1905. Issue 37834, col A, p. 7.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
- ↑ Blunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 109.
- ↑ Blunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 109.
- ↑ Coode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/98. f. 105.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 319.
- ↑ Coode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/98. f. 105.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 14 May, 1908. Issue 38646, col C, p. 9.
Bibliography
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