H.M.S. Kennet (1903)
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| Pendant Number: | unknown[1] |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | 1902-03 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 5 Feb, 1902[4] |
| Launched: | 4 Dec, 1903[5] |
| Commissioned: | Jan, 1905[6] |
| Broken up: | 1919[7] |
H.M.S. Kennet was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.
Service
In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Third Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
On 1 July 1913, she left Malta for Corfu with eight other destroyers under the lead of the torpedo gunboat Hussar.[9] On 4 July, the destroyers left Corfu for Platea, sans Hussar.[10]
In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.[11]
Under the command of Lieutenant Farrant, on 8 March, 1915, Kennet was among several destroyers that went to the aid of the mined battleship Ocean, seeing Chelmer rescue 500 men.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander William H. H. S. Thomson, 24 January, 1905 – 17 February, 1905
- Commander Walter H. Cowan, 17 February, 1905[13] – 14 March, 1905[14]
- Lieutenant Philip H. Waterer, 14 March, 1905[15] – 7 June, 1905[16]
- Commander Reginald F. Parker, 7 June, 1905[17] – 1 December, 1905
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh P. Buckle, 1 December, 1905[18][19] – 27 July, 1909[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry C. D. Field, 27 July, 1909[21] – 1 June, 1910
- Commander Percy Withers, 1 June, 1910[22] – 25 November, 1910[23]
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard M. King, 25 November, 1910 – 28 April, 1911[24]
- Lieutenant Philip H. Waterer, 29 August, 1911[25] – 5 September, 1911[26] (for trials)
- Lieutenant & Commander Ennis T. R. Chambers, 6 September, 1911 – November, 1911
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles F. Ballard, November, 1911[27] – 13 June, 1913
- Lieutenant & Commander Richard W. U. Bayly, 13 June, 1913[28][29] – December, 1913[30]
- Lieutenant in Command Edye K. Boddam-Whetham, 1913[31] – 15 January, 1914[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederic A. H. Russel, 15 January, 1914[33][34] – 4 August, 1916[35]
- Lieutenant in Command Gerald M. McKenna, 4 August, 1916[36] – 27 January, 1918
- Lieutenant in Command Douglas Garvey, 27 January, 1918 – 6 February, 1918
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Mervyn H. Rodney, 27 May, 1918[37] – c. September, 1918[38]
- Lieutenant in Command Bryan ff. Wingfield, 24 September, 1918[39] – 12 May, 1919[40]
One source claims that Lieutenant Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant was in command on 8 March, 1915, but this seems to contradict the Navy Lists, and he seems to have been wounded just two days prior in Scorpion.[41]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 3, 1913, Issue 40254, p.6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 7, 1913, Issue 40257, p.6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 335.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
- ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 336.
- ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 335.
- ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/117. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 335.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
- ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
- ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 335.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 334.
- ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
- ↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
- ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
- ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306. Day of month inferred from Russel's Service Record.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395f.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394v.
- ↑ Rodney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/231. f. 232.
- ↑ Rodney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/231. f. 232.
- ↑ Wingfield Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/79. f. 81.
- ↑ Wingfield Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/79. f. 81.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
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