H.M.S. Teviot (1903)

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H.M.S. Teviot (1903)
Pendant Number: N.26 (1914)
D.33 (Sep 1915)
D.88 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Yarrow & Company[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 10 Jul, 1902[4]
Launched: 7 Nov, 1903[5]
Completed: Apr, 1904[6]
Commissioned: Apr, 1904[7]
Broken up: 1919[8]

H.M.S. Teviot was one of the Royal Navy's thirty-six "River" class destroyers.

Service

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Second Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

In April, 1908, she was one of ten Rivers expected to arrive at Portsmouth in order to have H.M.S. Vernon install wireless telegraphy equipment in them.[10]

In March 1910, she was in the First Destroyer Flotilla, which was then part of First Division, Home Fleet.

Subject to her exercises being completed, Teviot was to leave Falmouth on 3 May 1911 for Sheerness under the lead of Diamond in company with sisters Erne, Cherwell and Ure.[11] Around June 13th, Diamond took the destroyers from Sheerness for the Downs, accompanied by eight further "Rivers".[12] Then in June, she went to Gibraltar under the command of Lt. Gerald Cartmell Harrison. Upon arrival in Gibraltar, Harrison was to go over to command Kestrel. Teviot was then to undergo a retubing refit at the Dockyard, which would complete by late January, 1912.[13][14]

In April 1912, Teviot was operating with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla — a Patrol Flotilla based at Harwich.

In mid-1913, Teviot was operating with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[15]

Teviot collided with the destroyer Dee on 7 November, 1913.[16]

On 2 February, 1914, she was one of five Rivers of the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla paid off at Sheerness and Chatham, immediately recommissioning with new crews.[17]

From March through May 1916, Teviot was part of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, a Patrol Flotilla in Home and Atlantic Waters.

In May 1916 she was assigned to the Portsmouth Escort Flotilla.

On 3 December, 1916, a French destroyer collided with Teviot while the latter was under the command of Lt. Cdr. (retired) Sydney L. K. Lawford. P12 was credited with saving lives of French sailors in the aftermath.[18]

She operated with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla from September 1917 through February 1918, whcih was under Rear-Admiral commanding the East Coast of England. In February 1918 she again joined the First Destroyer Flotilla, which was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

In January, 1919, she was detached to go to the Nore to await disposal.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  6. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 11, 1908; pg. 8; Issue 38618.
  11. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Thursday, April 27, 1911, Issue 39570, p.7.
  12. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, June 14, 1911, Issue 39611, p.16.
  13. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 12, 1911; pg. 12; Issue 39609.
  14. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jan 31, 1912; pg. 4; Issue 39809.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 384.
  16. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 08, 1913; pg. 5; Issue 40364. This source seems to reverse the identities of the two captains.
  17. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Feb 03, 1914; pg. 10; Issue 40437.
  18. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  19. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  20. Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  21. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 385.
  22. Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  23. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
  24. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 271.
  25. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  26. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  27. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  28. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  29. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
  30. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 384.
  31. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
  32. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  33. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  34. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/70. f. 70.
  35. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/70. f. 70.
  36. Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/7. f. 7.
  37. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 385.
  38. Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/7. f. 7.
  39. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 12, 1911; pg. 12; Issue 39609.
  40. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  41. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  42. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 24, 1912; pg. 4; Issue 39830.
  43. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 08, 1913; pg. 5; Issue 40364.
  44. Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/225. f. ?.
  45. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398p.
  46. Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/225. f. ?.
  47. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 07, 1915; pg. 10; Issue 40953.
  48. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398p.
  49. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398p.
  50. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/49. f. 250.
  51. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 398g.
  52. Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/49. f. 250.
  53. Phayre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/47. f. 47. The ship is curiously named here as Terror, which is obviously wrong.
  54. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398g.
  55. Phayre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/47. f. 47.
  56. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 917.

Bibliography


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Erne Ettrick Exe Ribble Teviot
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Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
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Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
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