H.M.S. Waveney (1903)

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H.M.S. Waveney (1903)
Pendant Number: N.79 (1914)
D.35 (Sep 1915)
D.96 (Jan 1918)
H.86 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: 1902-03 Programme[3]
Laid down: 20 Oct, 1902[4]
Launched: 16 Mar, 1903[5]
Completed: 14 Jun, 1904[6]
Commissioned: Jun, 1904[7]
Broken up: 1920[8]

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

Service

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

Waveney collided with Garry on 26 July 1907 off Beachy Head while the two were proceeding from Chatham to join the Home Fleet. In a possibly related incident, Rother was struck by a steamer.[10]

In mid-1913, serving in the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[11]

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. 100.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  6. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 396.
  12. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  13. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  14. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  15. Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
  16. Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
  17. St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  18. St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  19. Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  20. Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  21. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  22. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  23. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  24. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 397.
  25. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  26. Gore-Langton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/16. f. 419?
  27. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 397.
  28. Gore-Langton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/16. f. 419?
  29. The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 397.
  30. Hartford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/80. f. 83.
  31. Hartford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/80. f. 83.
  32. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399g.
  33. Robson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/55. f. 411.
  34. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399h.
  35. Robson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/55. f. 411.
  36. Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  37. Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  38. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  39. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  40. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 942.

Bibliography


River Class Destroyer
Erne Ettrick Exe Ribble Teviot
Usk Derwent Eden Foyle Itchen
Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
Ure Wear Liffey Moy Ouse
  Boyne Doon Kale  
  Rother Stour Test  
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