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|launch=5 Oct, 1914{{Conways1906|p. 76}}
|launch=5 Oct, 1914{{Conways1906|p. 76}}
|comp=Dec, 1914{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 308}}
|builder=[[Swan Hunter]]{{Conways1906|p. 76}}
|builder=[[Swan Hunter]]{{Conways1906|p. 76}}
|pend=H.4A (1914)<br>H.73 (Jan 1918)<br>D.47 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 64}}
|pend=H.4A (1914)<br>H.73 (Jan 1918)<br>D.47 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 64}}
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'''H.M.S. ''Matchless''''' was one of 103 destroyers of the [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Matchless''''' was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Great War]].


==Service==
==Service==
''Matchless'' collided with {{UK-Manly}} on 13 March, 1915.  Blame was attributed to Captain [[Godfrey Francis William Grayson]] for failing to notify his next astern that he had stopped his engines.<ref>Grayson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 62.</ref>
The two ships collided a second time, on 26 July, 1916, this accident resulting in ''Manly's'' captain [[Ernest Walter Kirkby]] being cautioned to be more careful in future.<ref>Kirkby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/87.|D7604499}} f. 216.</ref>
Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 9 February, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 810}}
Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 9 February, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 810}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Matchless''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Matchless|f=p}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Godfrey Francis William Grayson|nick=Godfrey F. W. Grayson|appt=12 October, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 356}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Godfrey Francis William Grayson|nick=Godfrey F. W. Grayson|appt=12 October, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 356}}<ref>Grayson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 62.</ref>|end=27 April, 1915<ref>Grayson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 62.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Astley Dundas Cooper Cooper-Key|nick=Astley D. C. Cooper-Key|appt=March, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 844}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Louis Downall Gibbs|nick=George L. D. Gibbs|appt=27 April, 1915<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 396}}|end=26 November, 1915<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Winnifred Benson|nick=Arthur W. Benson|appt=28 March, 1916|end=25 August, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Louis Downall Gibbs|nick=George L. D. Gibbs|appt=25 August, 1916<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 396''b''}}|end=March, 1917<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Astley Dundas Cooper Cooper-Key|nick=Astley D. C. Cooper-Key|appt=March, 1917<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}}  f. 15.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 844}}|end=25 February, 1919<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}}  f. 15.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Godfrey Ratcliffe Chambers|nick=Godfrey R. Chambers|appt=25 February, 1919<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/224.|D7604979}}  f. 236.</ref>|end=5 March, 1919<ref>Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/224.|D7604979}}  f. 236.</ref>}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Matchless_(1914)}}
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Latest revision as of 16:11, 25 July 2017

H.M.S. Matchless (1914)
Pendant Number: H.4A (1914)
H.73 (Jan 1918)
D.47 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: 1913 Programme[3]
Launched: 5 Oct, 1914[4]
Completed: Dec, 1914[5]
Sold: Oct, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Matchless was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Matchless collided with Manly on 13 March, 1915. Blame was attributed to Captain Godfrey Francis William Grayson for failing to notify his next astern that he had stopped his engines.[7]

The two ships collided a second time, on 26 July, 1916, this accident resulting in Manly's captain Ernest Walter Kirkby being cautioned to be more careful in future.[8]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 9 February, 1920.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 308.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  7. ↑ Grayson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 62.
  8. ↑ Kirkby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/87. f. 216.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 810.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 356.
  11. ↑ Grayson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 62.
  12. ↑ Grayson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 62.
  13. ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396.
  15. ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  16. ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396b.
  18. ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  19. ↑ Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 844.
  21. ↑ Cooper-Key Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/29. f. 15.
  22. ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/224. f. 236.
  23. ↑ Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/224. f. 236.

Bibliography


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