H.M.S. Opossum (1895)
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| Pendant Number: | D.12 (1914) D.99 (Sep 1915), D. 62 (1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | 1893-94[3] |
| Laid down: | 17 Sep, 1894[4] |
| Launched: | 9 Aug, 1895[5] |
| Commissioned: | Mar, 1896[6] |
| Broken up: | 1920[7] |
H.M.S. Opossum was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, a broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.
She was one of a select few destroyers of her era who served through the Great War despite their obsolete nature.
Service
Opossum arrived at Plymouth from Carrickfergus on 4 August, 1904. She was to depart after several days to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1904.[8]
She collided with Teazer while under the command of George Piercy Leith in August, 1904, either after or during the manoeuvres.[9]
Opossum 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.[10]
She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Hastings F. Shakespear, 14 March, 1896[12] – 18 August, 1896[13]
- Lieutenant in Command Cecil F. Lambert, 13 March, 1896[14] – August, 1896 (participated in Annual Manoeuvres of 1896)
- Lieutenant in Command William G. E. Ruck-Keene, 16 August, 1896[15] – 3 January, 1898[16] (participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Lieutenant in Command Roger J. B. Keyes, 1 January, 1898[17] – 15 September, 1898[18]
- Lieutenant in Command Louis C. S. Woollcombe, 15 September, 1898[19][20] – 4 May, 1899[21]
- Lieutenant & Commander Godfrey E. Corbett, 16 August, 1900[22] – 1 October, 1900[23]
- Commander William A. Barkley, 31 August, 1900[24] – 31 August, 1901
- Lieutenant & Commander Cecil G. Chichester, 16 July, 1901[25] (for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1901)
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederick G. Brine, 5 January, 1902[26] – 2 December, 1902
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald L. Crichton, 2 December, 1902[27] – 2 April, 1903[28]
- Lieutenant & Commander George L. Massey, 21 July, 1903[29] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
- Lieutenant & Commander Bernard J. H. Ward, 14 August, 1903 – 10 December, 1903
- Lieutenant & Commander George P. Leith, 14 July, 1904[30] – 1904[31] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1904)
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles C. Ennals, 3 January, 1905[32] – 22 August, 1905
- Lieutenant & Commander Claude H. Woodward, 22 August, 1905[33] – 5 November, 1907
- Lieutenant & Commander Colin E. M. Law, 9 June, 1908[34] – 1 September, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander Cecil G. Cruttwell, 1 September, 1909[35][36] – 14 August, 1910[37]
- Lieutenant & Commander Norman M. C. Thurstan, 15 August, 1910[38] – 3 April, 1911
- Lieutenant & Commander Salisbury H. Simpson, 3 April, 1911[39]
- Gunner in Command Sidney C. Cox, 27 March, 1912[40] – 27 March, 1913
- Lieutenant & Commander Salisbury H. Simpson, 26 March, 1913[41] – March, 1913[42]
- Chief Gunner in Command Alfred Reep, 26 March, 1913[43] – November, 1913
- Chief Gunner in Command Michael Horrigan, 14 November, 1913[44]
- Lieutenant in Command Philip E. U. Townshend, 29 July, 1914 – 13 September, 1914
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert Raymond Hallowell-Carew, 13 September, 1914[45] – December, 1915
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Percy N. Fletcher, 10 November, 1915[46] – 6 April, 1916[47]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Arthur J. Baxter, 6 April, 1916[48]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Arthur J. Baxter, July, 1917[49]
There is some disagreement between Shakespear and Lambert.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 05, 1904; pg. 6; Issue 37465.
- ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Shakespear Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/5. f. 4.
- ↑ Shakespear Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/5. f. 4.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 13, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34837.
- ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
- ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 275.
- ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
- ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 286.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 286.
- ↑ Crichton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/46. f. 54.
- ↑ Crichton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/46. f. 54.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
- ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 351.
- ↑ Cruttwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/229. f. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 351.
- ↑ Cruttwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/229. f. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 350.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 350.
- ↑ Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
- ↑ Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396h.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/243. f. 243.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/243. f. 243.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396gg.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 855.
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