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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
| + | ''Lilac'' struck a mine on 18 August, 1915. Sixteen men were killed – many of them stokers.{{KindellROH2|p. 134}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leslie Drew Fisher|nick=Leslie Drew Fisher|appt=8 November, 1915|end=17 March, 1916}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leslie Drew Fisher|nick=Leslie Drew Fisher|appt=8 November, 1915|end=17 March, 1916}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Noel Gilbertson|nick=George N. Gilbertson|appt=17 March, 1916<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 395''vv''}}|end=17 September, 1917<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Noel Gilbertson|nick=George N. Gilbertson|appt=17 March, 1916<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 395''vv''}}|end=17 September, 1917<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Irving Montgomery Palmer|nick=Irving M. Palmer|appt=26 October, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 832}}|end=November, 1919}} |
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Latest revision as of 17:20, 3 August 2021
| H.M.S. Lilac (1915) | |
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| Pendant Number: | M.65 (Feb, 1915) T.24 (Sep, 1915) T.52 (Jan, 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company[2] |
| Ordered: | Jan, 1915[3] |
| Launched: | 29 Apr, 1915[4] |
| Sold: | Dec, 1922[5] |
H.M.S. Lilac was one of twenty-four Acacia Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Lilac struck a mine on 18 August, 1915. Sixteen men were killed – many of them stokers.[6]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Leslie Drew Fisher, 9 June, 1915 – 22 August, 1915
- Lieutenant-Commander Leslie Drew Fisher, 8 November, 1915 – 17 March, 1916
- Lieutenant-Commander George N. Gilbertson, 17 March, 1916[7][8] – 17 September, 1917[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander Irving M. Palmer, 26 October, 1917[10] – November, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 93. The M pendants were changed to M (international) on 24 Apr 1915.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 134.
- ↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395vv.
- ↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 832.
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