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'''H.M.S. ''Porpoise''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Porpoise''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
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==Service==
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At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{CommRN}} [[Hugh Davenport Colville|Hugh D. Colville]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
  
 
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==Captains==
 
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Hugh D. Colville]], 24 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 357.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Davenport Colville|nick=Hugh D. Colville|appt=28 January, 1914<ref>Colville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/231.|D7603483}}  f. 235.</ref>|end=June, 1916|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=May, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 396''m''}}|end=23 October, 1917<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|note=apparently assumed command after June 1}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=24 January, 1918<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>|end=20 March, 1918<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Wilfrid Fogarty Fegen|nick=Frederick W. F. Fegen|appt=20 May, 1918|end=27 August, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Walter Durnford|nick=John W. Durnford|appt=27 August, 1918<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/129.|D7605540}} f. 128.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 868}}|end=3 February, 1919<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/129.|D7605540}} f. 128.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 17:27, 6 April 2018

H.M.S. Porpoise (1913)
Pendant Number: H.27 (1914)
H.95 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Launched: 7 Jul, 1913[3]
Completed: Jan, 1914[4]
Sold: Mar, 1921[5]
Fate: to Brazil[6]

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

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Commander Hugh D. Colville.[7]

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. 307.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  8. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396m.
  10. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  11. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  12. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  13. ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 868.
  15. ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.

Bibliography


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