H.M.S. Kangaroo (1900)

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H.M.S. Kangaroo (1900)
Pendant Number: P.02 (1914)
D.82 (Sep 1915)
D.48 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: Purchased 1900[3]
Laid down: 29 Dec, 1899[4]
Launched: 8 Sep, 1900[5]
Commissioned: Jul, 1901[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Kangaroo was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[8]

In mid-1913, she was with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  8. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 335.
  10. Davies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 413.
  11. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 275a.
  12. Pyddoke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/393. f. 434.
  13. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 275a.
  14. Pyddoke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/393. f. 434.
  15. Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  16. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 336.
  17. Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
  18. Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
  19. Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
  20. Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/340. f. ?.
  21. Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/340. f. ?.
  22. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 335.
  23. Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/292. f. 328.
  24. Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/292. f. 328.
  25. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 18, 1906; pg. 12; Issue 38023.
  26. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 335.
  27. Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  28. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 335.
  29. Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  30. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
  31. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
  32. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  33. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 335.
  34. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  35. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 335.
  36. Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/133. f. 68.
  37. Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/133. f. 68.
  38. Fox Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/98. f. ?.
  39. Fox Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/98. f. ?.
  40. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
  41. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 341.
  42. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
  43. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395f.
  44. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  45. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  46. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  47. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  48. Busk-Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/73. f. 73.
  49. Busk-Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/73. f. 73.

Bibliography


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