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==Service==
==Service==
Paid off at Chatham on 4 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 804}}
 
''Lydiard'' collided with her sister {{UK-Laforey}} in November 1914.  Commander [[Graham Richard Leicester Edwards|Edwards]] of ''Laforey'' was faulted for "careless navigation."<ref>Edwards Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/417.|D7576626}}  ff. 419, 229.</ref>
 
[[Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman]] ceded command, temporarily, to {{LCommRN}} [[Geoffrey Neville Henson]] from 18 May to 9 June, 1917.<ref>Henson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/34.|}} f. 437.</ref>  Three days after returning, Perryman grounded the destroyer and was informed by the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth that he was entirely to blame and "should try to be much more careful in future."<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>
 
''Lydiard'' was damaged in a collision with the {{UK-1Starfish|f=c}} on 17 October, 1919.<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/294.|D7605049}} f. 309.</ref>
 
''Lydiard'' paid off at Chatham on 4 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 804}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cecil Rupert Hemans|nick=Cecil R. Hemans|appt=9 June, 1914{{NLOct14|p. 352}}|end=3 October, 1914{{NLOct14|p. 352}}{{NLOct15|p. 395''p''}}|note=invalided|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cecil Rupert Hemans|nick=Cecil R. Hemans|appt=9 June, 1914<ref>Hemans Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/47/151.|D7603858}} f. 356.</ref>{{NLOct14|p. 352}}|end=3 October, 1914<ref>Hemans Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/47/151.|D7603858}} f. 356.</ref>|note=invalided|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=3 October, 1914<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 395''p''}}|end=3 May, 1916<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|note=initially temporarily for the sick Hemans, but permanent from 27 October, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=3 October, 1914<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 395''p''}}|end=3 May, 1916<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|note=initially temporarily for the sick Hemans, but permanent from 27 October, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ian Clarence Shirreff Hilton|nick=Ian C. S. Hilton|appt=3 May, 1916|end=9 May, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=10 May, 1916<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=7 July, 1916<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=10 May, 1916<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=7 July, 1916<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=6 July, 1916<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>{{NLJan15|p. 365}}|end=18 July, 1917<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=6 July, 1916<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>{{NLJan15|p. 365}}|end=18 July, 1917<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford|nick=Edward D. W. Lawford|appt=18 July, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 395''i''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Neville Henson|nick=Geoffrey N. Henson|appt=18 May, 1917|end=9 June, 1917|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Torkel Lundholm|nick=Torkel Lundholm|appt=10 April, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 837}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford|nick=Edward D. W. Lawford|appt=18 July, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 395''i''}}|end=10 April, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Torkel Lundholm|nick=Torkel Lundholm|appt=10 April, 1918<ref>Lundholm Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/124.|}} f. 480.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 837}}|end=31 March, 1919<ref>Lundholm Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/124.|}} f. 480.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=29 March, 1919<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=14 July, 1919<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 13 November 2021

H.M.S. Lydiard (1914)
Pendant Number: H.08 (1914)
H.66 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Launched: 26 Feb, 1914[3]
Completed: Jun, 1914[4]
Sold: Nov, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Lydiard was one of twenty-two destroyers of the Laforey class.

Service

Lydiard collided with her sister Laforey in November 1914. Commander Edwards of Laforey was faulted for "careless navigation."[6]

Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman ceded command, temporarily, to Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Neville Henson from 18 May to 9 June, 1917.[7] Three days after returning, Perryman grounded the destroyer and was informed by the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth that he was entirely to blame and "should try to be much more careful in future."[8]

Lydiard was damaged in a collision with the "R" Class destroyer Starfish on 17 October, 1919.[9]

Lydiard paid off at Chatham on 4 June, 1920.[10]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  6. ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/417. ff. 419, 229.
  7. ↑ Henson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/34. f. 437.
  8. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  9. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 804.
  11. ↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 352.
  13. ↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
  14. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395p.
  16. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  17. ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  18. ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  19. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 365.
  21. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395i.
  23. ↑ Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 837.
  25. ↑ Lundholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/124. f. 480.
  26. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  27. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.

Bibliography


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