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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Langston Parnell|nick=Gerald L. Parnell|appt=December, 1913{{NLFeb14|p. 298}}|note=temporary}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Langston Parnell|nick=Gerald L. Parnell|appt=December, 1913{{NLFeb14|p. 298}}|note=temporary}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Kerrison Kiddle|nick=Kerrison Kiddle|appt=26 February, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 393''c''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Kerrison Kiddle|nick=Kerrison Kiddle|appt=26 February, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 393''c''}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernald Gilbert Hoskins Master|nick=Ernald G. H. Master|appt=21 April, 1916<ref>Master Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/316.|D7604728}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1916|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernald Gilbert Hoskins Master|nick=Ernald G. H. Master|appt=21 April, 1916<ref>Master Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/316.|D7604728}} f. ?.</ref>|end=after 1 June, 1916|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Harold Owen Joyce|nick=Harold O. Joyce|appt=8 August, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 393''g''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Harold Owen Joyce|nick=Harold O. Joyce|appt=8 August, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 393''g''}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Bruce England|nick=Richard B. England|appt=15 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''r''}}|succBy=Vessel Lost}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Bruce England|nick=Richard B. England|appt=15 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''r''}}|succBy=Vessel Lost}} |
Revision as of 13:46, 5 September 2016
H.M.S. Contest (1913) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.63(1914) H.28 (1917)[1] |
Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[2] |
Launched: | 7 Jan, 1913[3] |
Completed: | Jun, 1913[4] |
Torpedoed: | 18 Sep, 1917[5] |
Fate: | by U 106[6] |
H.M.S. Contest was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.
Service
In mid-1913, she was serving with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Ernald G. H. Master.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Kerrison Kiddle, 5 June, 1913[9]
- Commander Gerald L. Parnell, December, 1913[10] (temporary)
- Commander Kerrison Kiddle, 26 February, 1914[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ernald G. H. Master, 21 April, 1916[12] – after 1 June, 1916 (in command at Battle of Jutland)
- Lieutenant in Command Harold O. Joyce, 8 August, 1916[13]
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard B. England, 15 August, 1917[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Uboat.net
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 296.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 298.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 298.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393c.
- ↑ Master Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/316. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393g.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392r.
Bibliography
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