H.M.S. Hornet (1893)
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| Builder: | Yarrow & Company[1] |
| Ordered: | 1892[2] |
| Laid down: | Jul, 1892[3] |
| Launched: | 23 Dec, 1893[4] |
| Commissioned: | Jul, 1894[5] |
| Broken up: | 1909[6] |
H.M.S. Hornet was one of six 26 Knotters, early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.
Like the other 26 knotters, she was broken up before the war.
Service
A navigating party was dispatched to bring Hornet from the Thames to Portsmouth where she was to be commissioned as rapidly as possible so that she could join Havock in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1894.[7]
Hornet was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander R. G. Gregory in H.M.S. Spitfire.[8]
She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Arthur W. Torlesse, 26 June, 1894[10] – 30 September, 1894[11] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1894)
- Commander Mervyn H. Cobbe, 15 June, 1897[12] (for Jubilee Naval Review and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Lieutenant & Commander Philip S. Watson, 4 October, 1897[13] – 1898
- Lieutenant in Command William N. England, 13 September, 1898[14][15] – 1 March, 1899[16]
- Lieutenant & Commander Walter Bousfield Watkins Grubb, 8 August, 1902[17] – late 1902[18] (temporary, for Review)
- Gunner in Command William Cooper, 13 November, 1903 – 15 June, 1904
- Lieutenant in Command Lewis W. Braithwaite, 3 January, 1905[19][20] – 11 July, 1905[21]
- Lieutenant & Commander Berwick Curtis, 11 July, 1905[22][23] – 12 March, 1908[24]
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederick W. Law, 12 March, 1908[25] – 21 May, 1909
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 90.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jun 19, 1894; pg. 11; Issue 34294.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.
- ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
- ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
- ↑ "The Diamond Jubilee" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 16, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35231.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 23 September, 1897. Issue 35316, col C, p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 258.
- ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
- ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
- ↑ Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/518. f. ?.
- ↑ Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/518. f. ?.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
- ↑ Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
- ↑ Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 328.
- ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
- ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 328.
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