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| − | On 5 February 1918, ''Mosquito'', {{UK-Grasshopper}} and {{UK-Pigeon}} were escorting a convoy when the Anchor Line/Cunard troopship SS ''Tuscania'' was torpedoed and sunk in the North Channel, off Islay by {{DE-UB77}} as the convoy approached Liverpool. | + | On 5 February 1918, ''Mosquito'', {{UK-Grasshopper}} and {{UK-Pigeon}} were escorting a convoy when the Anchor Line/Cunard troopship SS ''Tuscania'' was [[Sinking of S.S. Tuscania|torpedoed and sunk]] in the North Channel, off Islay by {{DE-UB77}} as the convoy approached Liverpool. ''Mosquito'' assisted in the rescue of American troops.<ref>Email from Marilyn Gahm, Spooner, Wisconsin USA to Tone, 20170205.</ref> |
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 15:54, 9 February 2017
| H.M.S. Mosquito (1910) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | H.A3 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
| Ordered: | 1908-09 Programme[3] |
| Launched: | 27 Jan, 1910[4] |
| Completed: | Aug, 1910[5] |
| Sold: | Aug, 1920[6] |
H.M.S. Mosquito was one of 16 destroyers of the Beagle class.
Service
In mid-1913, she was with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
On 5 February 1918, Mosquito, Grasshopper and Pigeon were escorting a convoy when the Anchor Line/Cunard troopship SS Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk in the North Channel, off Islay by UB 77 as the convoy approached Liverpool. Mosquito assisted in the rescue of American troops.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Arthur M. Lecky, 27 January, 1911[9][10] – 6 January, 1914[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander James L. C. Clark, 6 January, 1914[12] – late 1915[13][14]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward P. U. Pender, 28 December, 1915[15][16] – 9 August, 1917[17]
- Lieutenant in Command Thomas B. Fellowes, 3 October, 1917 – 8 March, 1918
- Lieutenant in Command Maurice A. Brind, 20 April, 1918[18][19] – 23 September, 1918[20]
- Lieutenant in Command Ivan W. Whitehorn, 23 September, 1918[21]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 347.
- ↑ Email from Marilyn Gahm, Spooner, Wisconsin USA to Tone, 20170205.
- ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 346.
- ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396d.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396d.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396dd.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396dd.
- ↑ Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
- ↑ Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 821.
- ↑ Brind Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 36.
- ↑ Brind Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 36.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
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