H.M.S. Sheldrake (1911)

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H.M.S. Sheldrake (1911)
Pendant Number: H.88 (1914)
H.0A (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Launched: 18 Jan, 1911[3]
Completed: 19 May, 1911[4]
Sold: Nov, 1921[5]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Sheldrake was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

On 10 June, 1913, Nymphe collided with Goldfinch and Sheldrake. Nymphe's captain Leveson-Gower was told he should keep an anchor watch set when the weather was turning sour. [6]

On 11 July, 1913, the destroyer again collided, this time with the destroyer Fury. Both captains were scolded for not having been on the bridge at the time of the accident.

In mid-1913, Sheldrake was operating with the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

Sheldrake was reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 17 February, 1920.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 376.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 864.
  9. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/62. f. 266.
  10. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 376.
  11. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/62. f. 266.
  12. Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398a.
  14. Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398a.
  16. Bomford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/47. f. ?.
  17. Champion de Crespigny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/20. f. 181.
  18. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 907.
  19. Champion de Crespigny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/20. f. 181.

Bibliography


Acorn Class Destroyer
Acorn Alarm Brisk Sheldrake Staunch
Cameleon Comet Goldfinch Nemesis Nereide
Nymphe Fury Hope Larne Lyra
Martin Minstrel Redpole Rifleman Ruby
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