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'''H.M.S. ''Mosquito''''' was one of 16 destroyers of the [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|Beagle class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Mosquito''''' was one of 16 destroyers of the [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'' class]].
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==Service==
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In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|3}}.{{NLJul13|p. 347}}
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On 2 February 1915, stoker Henry Whitefield drowned.{{KindellROH2|p. 67}}
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On 25 April, 1915, first lieutenant [[Patrick Egerton Maxwell-Lefroy]] was killed in action off the Dardanelles.  He was the only casualty of that day.{{KindellROH2|p. 83}}
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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 [[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 operations, saving approximately 300 lives.<ref>Email from Marilyn Gahm, Spooner, Wisconsin USA to Tone, 20170205.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lockhart Leith|nick=Lockhart Leith|appt=9 August, 1910|end=27 January, 1911|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Macaulay Lecky|nick=Arthur M. Lecky|appt=27 January, 1911<ref>Lecky Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/54.|D7603561}}  f. 54.</ref>{{NLJan14|p. 346}}|end=6 January, 1914<ref>Lecky Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/54.|D7603561}}  f. 54.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Lenox Conyngham Clark|nick=James L. C. Clark|appt=6 January, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 396''d''}}|end=28 December, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Pender Usticke Pender|nick=Edward P. U. Pender|appt=28 December, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 396''dd''}}<ref>Pender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122764}} f. 834.</ref>|end=9 August, 1917<ref>Pender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122764}} f. 834.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=9 August, 1917<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=6 September, 1917, 1917<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Thomas Balfour Fellowes|nick=Thomas B. Fellowes|appt=3 October, 1917|end=8 March, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Maurice Arthur Brind|nick=Maurice A. Brind|appt=20 April, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 821}}<ref>Brind Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56.}} f. 36.</ref>|end=23 September, 1918<ref>Brind Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56.}} f. 36.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ivan Walter Whitehorn|nick=Ivan W. Whitehorn|appt=23 September, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 849}}|end=14 February, 1919}}
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 14 March 2021

H.M.S. Mosquito (1910)
Pendant Number: H.A3 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[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 2 February 1915, stoker Henry Whitefield drowned.[8]

On 25 April, 1915, first lieutenant Patrick Egerton Maxwell-Lefroy was killed in action off the Dardanelles. He was the only casualty of that day.[9]

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 operations, saving approximately 300 lives.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  3. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 347.
  8. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 67.
  9. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 83.
  10. ↑ Email from Marilyn Gahm, Spooner, Wisconsin USA to Tone, 20170205.
  11. ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 346.
  13. ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396d.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396dd.
  16. ↑ Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
  17. ↑ Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
  18. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  19. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 821.
  21. ↑ Brind Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 36.
  22. ↑ Brind Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 36.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.

Bibliography


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