H.M.S. Usk (1903)
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| Pendant Number: | unknown[1] |
| Builder: | Yarrow & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | 1901-02 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 30 Jul, 1902[4] |
| Launched: | 25 Jul, 1903[5] |
| Completed: | Mar, 1904[6] |
| Commissioned: | Mar, 1904[7] |
| Broken up: | 1920[8] |
H.M.S. Usk was one of the Royal Navy's thirty-six "River" class destroyers.
Service
In late 1905 she was in commission in reserve as part of the Sheerness-Chatham Reserve Division and listed as a tender to the Pembroke.[9]
In early 1907 she was in commission with a nucleus crew at Portsmouth and listed as a tender to the depot ship Hecla.[10]
In early 1910 she was a member of the Home Fleet's First Destroyer Flotilla.[11]
Usk paid off at Sheerness on 1 May, 1911 and entered dockyard hands. Her crew were sent to recommission her sister destroyer, Dee at Devonport.[12]
In mid-1913, Usk was in Hong Kong.[13]
Under Lieutenant-Commander Maxwell, Usk was amongst three "Rivers" employed in towing landing boats in to Anzac Cove at the Dardanelles.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Charles F. Corbett, early 1904[15] – 1 June, 1905[16]
- Commander Wilmot S. Nicholson, 1 June, 1905[17] – 10 October, 1905[18]
- Lieutenant & Commander Duncan H. Carmichael, 10 October, 1905[19] – 7 April, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander Duncan H. Carmichael, 28 May, 1906 – 1 November, 1906
- Commander Alan C. Bruce, 7 April, 1906[20] – 28 May, 1906[21]
- Commander Cyril P. Ryan, 22 October, 1906[22][23] – 7 September, 1909[24]
- Lieutenant & Commander William D. Irvin, 5 September, 1909[25]
- Lieutenant & Commander Theodore E. J. Bigg, 7 November, 1910[26][27] – 1 May, 1911[28]
- Lieutenant & Commander Bertie W. Bluett, 19 September, 1911[29] – 21 October, 1912
- Lieutenant-Commander Wellwood G. C. Maxwell, 21 October, 1912[30][31] – 16 September, 1915[32]
- Lieutenant in Command Richard C. A. Littleton, 16 September, 1915[33] – 25 April, 1917
- Lieutenant in Command Eric P. Vivian, 25 April, 1917[34] – October, 1917
- Lieutenant David J. R. Simson, 17 March, 1918[35][36] – November, 1918[37]
- Lieutenant in Command Basil A. Taylor, 20 August, 1918[38] – before 18 October, 1918[39]
- Lieutenant in Command Albert J. Foley, November, 1918[40][41] – 24 February, 1919[42]
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.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
- ↑ 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 Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 270b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 270a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 269.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 28 April, 1911. Issue 39573, col B, p. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 388.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 78.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 388.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 388.
- ↑ Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/160. f. 178.
- ↑ Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/160. f. 178.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 389.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 388.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 388.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398t.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398u.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 398p.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 923.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). pp. 740-1.
- ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/65. f. 65.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 922a.
- ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/65. f. 65.
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