H.M.S. Violet (1897)

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H.M.S. Violet (1897)
Pendant Number: D.09 (1914)
D.72 (Sep 1915)
D.94 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[2]
Ordered: 1986-97 Programme[3]
Laid down: 13 Jul, 1896[4]
Launched: 3 May, 1897[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1898[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Violet was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

She was to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1900, but missed them as she was repairing damage sustained in a collision in fog. Another destroyer took her place.[8]

Violet collided with the destroyer Swordfish after entering as basin at excessive speed in early 1904 under Lt. in Command Reginald Gay Copleston, who was sent back to his previous command, H.M.S. Porcupine on 9 May.[9]

She served in the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla from at least mid-1913[10] until September 1917 when she went to join the Nore Local Defence Flotilla.[11]

Lingfield's commander was cautioned to be more careful after she collided with Violet on 31 March, 1918.[12]

In April 1918 she was reassigned to the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Dover Patrol, remaining there for the duration of the war.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  8. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), 30 July 1900, p. 8.
  9. Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
  11. Monthly Supplements to the Navy List, September 1914 through September 1917.
  12. Anderson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 240/39/277. f. ?.
  13. Monthly Supplements to the Navy List, September 1917 through December 1918.
  14. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 2 March, 1899. Issue 35766, col B, p. 10.
  15. Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
  16. Brownrigg Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
  17. Brownrigg Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
  18. Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  19. Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
  20. Le Mesurier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 56.
  21. Le Mesurier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 56.
  22. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 1 Aug. 1900, p. 11.
  23. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col C, p. 8.
  24. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
  25. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  26. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  27. Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
  28. Copleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/99. f. 110.
  29. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  30. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 394a.
  31. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 22 December, 1905. Issue 37897, col D, p. 10.
  32. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 394a.
  33. Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  34. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 394a.
  35. Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  36. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 394a.
  37. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 394a.
  38. Cater Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/17. f. 9.
  39. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  40. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 394a.
  41. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144. Day of month is possibly 31.
  42. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  43. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  44. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  45. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  46. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
  47. Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
  48. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
  49. Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
  50. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399c.
  51. Bucknell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/63. f. 63.
  52. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/172. f. 172.
  53. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/172. f. 172.
  54. Groome Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/47. f. 47.
  55. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399.
  56. Groome Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/47. f. 47.
  57. Knight Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/219. f. 219.
  58. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 936.
  59. Knight Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/219. f. 219.

Bibliography


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