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H.M.S. Virago (1895)
Pendant Number:	unknown^[1]
Builder:	Laird^[2]
Ordered:	1894-95 Programme^[3]
Laid down:	13 Jun, 1895^[4]
Launched:	19 Nov, 1895^[5]
Commissioned:	Jun, 1897^[6]
Broken up:	1919^[7]

H.M.S. Virago was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In July, 1904, complaints from Vice-Admiral Noel of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by First Lord of the Admiralty Selborne. Within, it was noted that Virago's boiler tubes were at the end of life expectancy and that they should be re-tubed right away, work to be completed by November.^[8]

In mid-1913, she was still on the China Station.^[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant & Commander Gerald T. F. Pike, 25 August, 1899^[10] – 1901
Lieutenant & Commander Alfred B. Barker, 26 August, 1901^[11]
Lieutenant & Commander John A. Gregory, 29 October, 1903^[12] – 4 April, 1904^[13]
Lieutenant & Commander John A. Gregory, 9 January, 1905^[14]^[15] – 6 December, 1905^[16]
Lieutenant & Commander Ernest Stevenson, 20 March, 1906^[17] – 24 January, 1910^[18]^[19]
Lieutenant & Commander Charles A. Fremantle, 24 January, 1910^[20] – 2 July, 1910^[21] (and in command of Whiting, both ships in reserve)
Lieutenant-Commander Charles E. Lloyd Thomas, 21 May, 1910^[22] – 8 October, 1910^[23]
Lieutenant & Commander The Hon. Guy Stopford, April, 1911^[24] (and for command of Fame)
Lieutenant & Commander Edye K. Boddam-Whetham, 20 February, 1913^[25]^[26] – 1913^[27]
Lieutenant in Command Harold F. B. Handley, 13 August, 1914^[28] – July, 1915
Lieutenant-Commander Somerville P. B. Russell, 17 July, 1915^[29]^[30] – 4 October, 1915^[31]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Wesson C. H. Jones, 4 October, 1915^[32]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Thomas S. M. Pooley, 29 June, 1917^[33]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command (retired) Reginald Bernard, 19 April, 1918^[34]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
↑ Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum. (NOE/5/2).
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 310.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 312.
↑ Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
↑ Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
↑ Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 394a.
↑ Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 394a.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 394a.
↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
↑ Thomas Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/272. f. 307.
↑ Thomas Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/272. f. 307.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 394a.
↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394a.
↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399b.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399c.
↑ Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.
↑ Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399c.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 936.

Bibliography

"B" Class Destroyer

Quail

Sparrowhawk

Thrasher

Virago

Earnest

Griffon

Locust

Panther

Seal

Wolf

Express

Orwell

Lively

Sprightly

Success

Spiteful

Peterel

Myrmidon

Syren

Kangaroo

Arab

Cobra

Albacore

Bonetta

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"A" Class

Destroyers (UK)

"C" Class

–>

[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.

[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] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.

[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] Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum. (NOE/5/2).

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.

[10] The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 310.

[11] The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 312.

[12] Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.

[13] Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.

[14] Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.

[15] The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 394a.

[16] Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.

[17] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 394a.

[18] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 394a.

[19] Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.

[20] Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.

[21] Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.

[22] Thomas Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/272. f. 307.

[23] Thomas Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/272. f. 307.

[24] The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 394a.

[25] Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.

[26] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394a.

[27] Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.

[28] The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399b.

[29] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399c.

[30] Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.

[31] Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.

[32] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399c.

[33] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399.

[34] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 936.

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