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|name=Achates | |name=Achates | ||
|launch=14 Nov, 1912{{Conways1906|p. 75}} | |launch=14 Nov, 1912{{Conways1906|p. 75}} | ||
− | |builder=[[John Brown]]{{Conways1906|p. 75}} | + | |comp=Mar, 1913{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 306}} |
+ | |builder=[[John Brown & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 75}} | ||
|pend=H.46 (1914)<br>H.01 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 63}} | |pend=H.46 (1914)<br>H.01 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 63}} | ||
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
− | '''H.M.S. ''Achates''''' was one of | + | '''H.M.S. ''Achates''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]]. |
+ | |||
+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under Commander [[Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson|Hutchinson]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
− | <div name=fredbot: | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Achates''"> |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|nick=Frederick P. Loder-Symonds|appt=20 March, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 271}}|end=6 April, 1914<ref>Loder-Symonds Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/186.|D7602972}} f. 212.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=6 April, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 266}}<ref>Allen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=7 August, 1915<ref>Allen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William James Frederick Dunlop|nick=William J. F. Dunlop|appt=9 August, 1915|end=12 August, 1915|note=cancelled}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson|nick=Reginald B. C. Hutchinson|appt=13 August, 1915<ref>Hutchinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 391''a''}}|end=June, 1916<ref>Hutchinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 396''m''}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 391''a''}}|end=31 August, 1917<ref>Strong Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest George Houssemayne Du Boulay|nick=Ernest G. H. Du Boulay|appt=31 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 391''a''}}|end=March, 1918|note=sick at end}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=17 May, 1918<ref>de Meric Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>|end=31 December, 1918<ref>de Meric Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} R.N.V.R.|name=Bernard Hanson Quinn|nick=Bernard H. Quinn|appt=12 July, 1918{{NLJun19|p. 722}}|ass=31 December, 1918|end=July, 1919}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
− | {{WP| | + | * [[Fourth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]] |
+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Achates_(1912)}} | ||
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Latest revision as of 19:18, 26 January 2022
H.M.S. Achates (1912) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.46 (1914) H.01 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | John Brown & Company[2] |
Launched: | 14 Nov, 1912[3] |
Completed: | Mar, 1913[4] |
Sold: | May, 1921[5] |
H.M.S. Achates was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.
Service
At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under Commander Hutchinson.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Frederick P. Loder-Symonds, 20 March, 1913[7] – 6 April, 1914[8]
- Commander Walter L. Allen, 6 April, 1914[9][10] – 7 August, 1915[11]
- Lieutenant in Command William J. F. Dunlop, 9 August, 1915 – 12 August, 1915 (cancelled)
- Commander Reginald B. C. Hutchinson, 13 August, 1915[12][13] – June, 1916[14][15] (in command at Battle of Jutland)
- Commander Frederick E. K. Strong, June, 1916[16] – 31 August, 1917[17]
- Commander Ernest G. H. Du Boulay, 31 August, 1917[18] – March, 1918 (sick at end)
- Lieutenant-Commander Martin J. C. de Meric, 17 May, 1918[19] – 31 December, 1918[20]
- Lieutenant R.N.V.R. Bernard H. Quinn, 12 July, 1918[21] – July, 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 271.
- ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 266.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391a.
- ↑ Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396m.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 391a.
- ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391a.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 722.
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