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|launch=15 Feb, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 93}} | |launch=15 Feb, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 93}} | ||
− | |builder=[[Thornycroft]]{{Conways1860|p. 93}} | + | |builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 93}} |
|laid=1 Jul, 1895{{Conways1860|p. 93}} | |laid=1 Jul, 1895{{Conways1860|p. 93}} | ||
|fate=Broken up | |fate=Broken up | ||
|pend=P.50 (1914)<br>D.40 (Sep 1915)<br>D.26 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 58}} | |pend=P.50 (1914)<br>D.40 (Sep 1915)<br>D.26 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 58}} | ||
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
− | '''H.M.S. ''Desperate''''' was one of eleven | + | '''H.M.S. ''Desperate''''' was one of the [[Royal Navy]]'s eleven [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class destroyers]]. |
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
− | In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean. | + | |
+ | ''Desperate'' participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]].{{ToL|The Naval Review at Spithead|25 June 1897; p. 13}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | On 1 July 1913, she left Malta for Corfu with eight other destroyers under the lead of the {{UK-Hussar|f=t}}.{{NMI|Thursday, July 3, 1913, Issue 40254, p.6}} On 4 July, the destroyers left Corfu for Platea, sans ''Hussar''.{{NMI|Monday, July 7, 1913, Issue 40257, p.6}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul13|p. 300}} In November, 1913, she was ordered to return to England.{{NLNov13|p. 300c}} | ||
==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. ''Desperate''"> |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Walter Hugh Charles Samuel Thring|nick=Walter H. C. S. Thring|appt=15 June, 1897<ref>Thring Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/331.|}} f. 333.</ref>|end=c. October 1897<ref>Thring Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/331.|}} f. 333.</ref>|note=participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Fane De Salis|nick=William F. De Salis|appt=before 8 October, 1897{{NMI|8 Oct. 1897, p. 9}}|end=early 1898{{INF}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|nick=John M. de Robeck|appt=before 9 March, 1898{{NMI|8 Oct. 1897, p. 9}}|end=1898}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Godfrey Chapman|nick=Cuthbert G. Chapman|appt=3 November, 1898<ref>Chapman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/136.|D7602081}} f. 161.</ref>|end=19 April, 1899<ref>Chapman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/136.|D7602081}} f. 161.</ref>}} | |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=13 March, 1900<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 235.</ref>|end=7 May, 1900<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 235.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Basil Ayton Austen|nick=Basil A. Austen|appt=4 May, 1901{{NMI|Tuesday, Jul 23, 1901; pg. 10; Issue 36514}}|end=August, 1901|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Gladstone|nick=Edward O. Gladstone|appt=28 September, 1901<ref>Gladstone Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 246''a''}}|end=14 October, 1901<ref>Gladstone Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Gladstone|nick=Edward O. Gladstone|appt=1 April, 1902<ref>Gladstone Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>|end=20 October, 1903<ref>Gladstone Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Halliday Brown|nick=George H. Brown|appt=20 October, 1903{{NLNov05|p. 300}}|end=7 November, 1905}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Claude Alwin Rombulow-Pearse|nick=Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse|appt=7 November, 1905{{NLMar07|p. 300}}|end=29 September, 1908}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot|nick=Nigel K. W. Barttelot|appt=17 November, 1905|end=2 June, 1906|note=temporary}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=28 September, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 300}}<ref>Allen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=23 August, 1910<ref>Allen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|appt=23 August, 1910<ref>Legge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 300}}|end=15 November, 1911<ref>Legge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>|note=invalided}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edmond Alan Berners Stanley|nick=Edmond A. B. Stanley|appt=18 November, 1911<ref>Stanley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/90.|D7603797}} f. 295.</ref>|end=May, 1913<ref>Stanley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/90.|D7603797}} f. 295.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Owen Tudor Hood Phillips|nick=Owen T. H. Phillips|appt=27 May, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 300''c''}}|end=December, 1913}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Berwick Curtis|nick=Berwick Curtis|appt=5 July, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 300''c''}}|end=16 December, 1913<ref>Superseded by [[George Edward Casley|George E. Casley]].</ref>|note=and in command of {{UK-Derwent}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Edward Casley|nick=George E. Casley|appt=16 December, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 302}}|end=17 February, 1915}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Albert Bendell|nick=Albert Bendell|appt=11 February, 1915{{NavAppts|Wednesday, Feb 10, 1915; pg. 6; Issue 40774}}{{NLDec16|p. 393''o''}}|end=6 June, 1917}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Samuel Mallin|nick=Samuel Mallin|appt=6 June, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''a''}}|end=13 February, 1918}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Charles Lawrence Cutsforth|nick=Charles L. Cutsforth|appt=3 April, 1918<ref>Cutsforth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/60/106.|C14620015}} f. 106.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 775}}|end=25 February, 1919<ref>Cutsforth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/60/106.|C14620015}} f. 106.</ref>}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
− | {{WP| | + | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Desperate_(1896)}} |
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Latest revision as of 14:43, 17 March 2022
H.M.S. Desperate (1896) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.50 (1914) D.40 (Sep 1915) D.26 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
Ordered: | 1894-95[3] |
Laid down: | 1 Jul, 1895[4] |
Launched: | 15 Feb, 1896[5] |
Commissioned: | Feb, 1897[6] |
Broken up: | 1920[7] |
H.M.S. Desperate was one of the Royal Navy's eleven "D" class destroyers.
Service
Desperate participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and possibly the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897.[8]
On 1 July 1913, she left Malta for Corfu with eight other destroyers under the lead of the torpedo gunboat Hussar.[9] On 4 July, the destroyers left Corfu for Platea, sans Hussar.[10]
In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.[11] In November, 1913, she was ordered to return to England.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Walter H. C. S. Thring, 15 June, 1897[13] – c. October 1897[14] (participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Commander William F. De Salis, before 8 October, 1897[15] – early 1898[Inference]
- Commander John M. de Robeck, before 9 March, 1898[16] – 1898
- Commander Cuthbert G. Chapman, 3 November, 1898[17] – 19 April, 1899[18]
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 13 March, 1900[19] – 7 May, 1900[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Basil A. Austen, 4 May, 1901[21] – August, 1901 (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward O. Gladstone, 28 September, 1901[22][23] – 14 October, 1901[24]
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward O. Gladstone, 1 April, 1902[25] – 20 October, 1903[26]
- Lieutenant & Commander George H. Brown, 20 October, 1903[27] – 7 November, 1905
- Lieutenant & Commander Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse, 7 November, 1905[28] – 29 September, 1908
- Lieutenant & Commander Nigel K. W. Barttelot, 17 November, 1905 – 2 June, 1906 (temporary)
- Commander Walter L. Allen, 28 September, 1908[29][30] – 23 August, 1910[31]
- Lieutenant & Commander Montague G. B. Legge, 23 August, 1910[32][33] – 15 November, 1911[34] (invalided)
- Lieutenant & Commander Edmond A. B. Stanley, 18 November, 1911[35] – May, 1913[36]
- Lieutenant-Commander Owen T. H. Phillips, 27 May, 1913[37] – December, 1913
- Commander Berwick Curtis, 5 July, 1913[38] – 16 December, 1913[39] (and in command of Derwent)
- Lieutenant in Command George E. Casley, 16 December, 1913[40] – 17 February, 1915
- Lieutenant in Command Albert Bendell, 11 February, 1915[41][42] – 6 June, 1917
- Lieutenant in Command Samuel Mallin, 6 June, 1917[43] – 13 February, 1918
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Charles L. Cutsforth, 3 April, 1918[44][45] – 25 February, 1919[46]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ "The Naval Review at Spithead." The Times (London, England), 25 June 1897; p. 13.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 3, 1913, Issue 40254, p.6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 7, 1913, Issue 40257, p.6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
- ↑ Thring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/331. f. 333.
- ↑ Thring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/331. f. 333.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 8 Oct. 1897, p. 9.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 8 Oct. 1897, p. 9.
- ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
- ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 23, 1901; pg. 10; Issue 36514.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 246a.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 300.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 300.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/90. f. 295.
- ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/90. f. 295.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
- ↑ Superseded by George E. Casley.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 302.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 10, 1915; pg. 6; Issue 40774.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393o.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393a.
- ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 775.
- ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
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