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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=6 April, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 266}}<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=7 August, 1915<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=6 April, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 266}}<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=7 August, 1915<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson|nick=Reginald B. C. Hutchinson|appt=13 August, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 391''a''}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson|nick=Reginald B. C. Hutchinson|appt=13 August, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 391''a''}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 391''a''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 391''a''}}|end=31 August, 1917<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest George Houssemayne Du Boulay|nick=Ernest G. H. Du Boulay|appt=31 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 391''a''}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest George Houssemayne Du Boulay|nick=Ernest G. H. Du Boulay|appt=31 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 391''a''}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} R.N.V.R.|name=Bernard Hanson Quinn|nick=Bernard H. Quinn|appt=12 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 722}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} R.N.V.R.|name=Bernard Hanson Quinn|nick=Bernard H. Quinn|appt=12 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 722}}}}

Revision as of 21:41, 11 April 2015

H.M.S. Achates (1912)
Pendant Number: H.46 (1914)
H.01 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Launched: 14 Nov, 1912[3]
Completed: Mar, 1913[4]
Sold: May, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Achates was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under Commander Hutchinson.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 271.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 266.
  9. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  10. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391a.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 391a.
  13. Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391a.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 722.

Bibliography


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