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'''H.M.S. ''Banshee''''' was one of forty-two destroyers of the [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class]] &mdash; a "27 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Banshee''''' was one of thirty-six [[27 Knotter]]s, early [[Torpedo Boat Destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1890s.
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Like most of the 27 knotters, her useful life ran its course before the [[Great War]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Banshee'' was launched at Birkenhead at the works of [[Laird|Laird Brothers]].  Mrs. Elliott Lees, wife of the M.P. for Birkenhead, named the vessel.{{NMI|Tuesday, Nov 20, 1894; pg. 7; Issue 34426}}
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She performed "most satisfactorily" in her preliminary trials on 21 January 1895, making over 29 knots.{{NMI|Tuesday, Jan 22, 1895; pg. 8; Issue 34480}}
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''Banshee'' arrived at Malta on 2 February 1904 in company with six other destroyers.{{NMI|Monday, April 4, 1904, Issue 37359, p.4}}  She was in reserve at Malta in late 1905.{{NLDec05|p. 281}}
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In late 1906 ''Banshee'' was in commission with the Mediterranean Fleet.{{NLJan07|p. 269}}
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In 1908, ''Banshee'' collided with {{UK-Boxer}} through the fault of Lieutenant-in-Command [[Basil George Washington|Washington]].<ref>Washington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/514.|D7576645}} f. 517.</ref>
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In early 1910 she was in commission with the Mediterranean Fleet.{{NLApr10|p. 270''a''}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* [[Claude Lionel Cumberlege]], 1905.<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.cumberbatch/C%20L%20Cumberlege.htm Cumberbatch Family History]</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Arthur Salwey|nick=Edward A. Salwey|appt=24 July, 1895{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres| July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14}}|end=|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1895]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Philip Cranstown Musgrave|nick=Philip C. Musgrave|appt=7 November, 1895{{NMI|Friday, Nov 01, 1895; pg. 7; Issue 34723}}|end=4 January, 1896}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel de Lautour Wells|nick=Lionel de L. Wells|appt=4 January, 1896{{NMI|Monday, 6 January, 1896.  Issue '''34779''', col A, p. 10}}|end=18 August, 1896|note=in command for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Ernest Lionel Caldwell Muntz|nick=Ernest L. C. Muntz|appt=18 August, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 201}}|end=18 August, 1898}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hector Lloyd Watts-Jones|nick=Hector L. Watts-Jones|appt=18 August, 1898<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 27 July, 1898.  Issue '''35579''', col E, p. 10.</ref>|end=28 July, 1900<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Alan Cameron Bruce|nick=Alan C. Bruce|appt=28 July, 1900<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 351.</ref>|end=1 April, 1902<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 351.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Arthur Milward Stancomb|nick=Arthur M. Stancomb|appt=c. March, 1902<ref>Stancomb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/82.|D7603334}} f. 82.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 278}}|end=|note=lent}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=September, 1902<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/141.}}  f. 206.</ref>|end=early December, 1904<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Colin Howard Lindsay|nick=John C. H. Lindsay|appt=December, 1904|end=January, 1905}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Claude Lionel Cumberlege|nick=Claude L. Cumberlege|appt=2 January, 1905<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 4 January, 1905.  Issue '''37595''', col C, p. 8.</ref>|end=5 October, 1905<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Francis Benwell|nick=William F. Benwell|appt=6 October, 1905<ref>Benwell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/200.|D7602538}}  f. 215.</ref>{{NLDec05|p. 281}}|end=9 January, 1906<ref>Benwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/200.|D7602538}}  f. 215.</ref>|note=And for Command of Torpedo Craft in Reserve}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Cyril Percy Ryan|nick=Cyril P. Ryan|appt=10 January, 1906<ref>Ryan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/160.|D7602946}} f. 178.</ref>|end=13 July, 1906<ref>Ryan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/160.|D7602946}} f. 178.</ref>|note=invalided out due to ocular disease}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Basil George Washington|nick=Basil G. Washington|appt=30 July, 1906{{NLJul08|p. 282}}<ref>Washington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/514.|D7576645}} f. 517.</ref>|end=after 22 June, 1908{{NLJul08|p. 282}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Gerard Laurence Oliphant|nick=Henry G. L. Oliphant|appt=c. mid October 1908<ref>Oliphant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/83.|D7603335}} f. 83.</ref>|end=19 August, 1910<ref>Oliphant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/83.|D7603335}} f. 83.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Douglas Faviell|nick=Douglas Faviell|appt=19 August, 1910<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 22 August, 1910.  Issue '''39357''', col B, p. 7.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 282}}|end=15 November, 1911}}
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Latest revision as of 13:14, 4 May 2020

H.M.S. Banshee (1894)
Builder: Laird[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: Mar, 1894[3]
Launched: 17 Nov, 1894[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1895[5]
Broken up: 1912[6]

H.M.S. Banshee was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.

Like most of the 27 knotters, her useful life ran its course before the Great War.

Service

Banshee was launched at Birkenhead at the works of Laird Brothers. Mrs. Elliott Lees, wife of the M.P. for Birkenhead, named the vessel.[7]

She performed "most satisfactorily" in her preliminary trials on 21 January 1895, making over 29 knots.[8]

Banshee arrived at Malta on 2 February 1904 in company with six other destroyers.[9] She was in reserve at Malta in late 1905.[10]

In late 1906 Banshee was in commission with the Mediterranean Fleet.[11]

In 1908, Banshee collided with Boxer through the fault of Lieutenant-in-Command Washington.[12]

In early 1910 she was in commission with the Mediterranean Fleet.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 20, 1894; pg. 7; Issue 34426.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 22, 1895; pg. 8; Issue 34480.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, April 4, 1904, Issue 37359, p.4.
  10. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 281.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 269.
  12. ↑ Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 270a.
  14. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Nov 01, 1895; pg. 7; Issue 34723.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, 6 January, 1896. Issue 34779, col A, p. 10.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 201.
  18. ↑ Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
  19. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 27 July, 1898. Issue 35579, col E, p. 10.
  20. ↑ Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
  21. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  22. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  23. ↑ Stancomb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/82. f. 82.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 278.
  25. ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141. f. 206.
  26. ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  27. ↑ Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  28. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 4 January, 1905. Issue 37595, col C, p. 8.
  29. ↑ Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  30. ↑ Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
  31. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 281.
  32. ↑ Benwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/200. f. 215.
  33. ↑ Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/160. f. 178.
  34. ↑ Ryan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/160. f. 178.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 282.
  36. ↑ Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 282.
  38. ↑ Oliphant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/83. f. 83.
  39. ↑ Oliphant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/83. f. 83.
  40. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 22 August, 1910. Issue 39357, col B, p. 7.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 282.

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