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'''H.M.S. ''Syren''''' was one of twenty-four [["B" Class Destroyer (1895)|"B" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] — a "30 knotter".
 
'''H.M.S. ''Syren''''' was one of twenty-four [["B" Class Destroyer (1895)|"B" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] — a "30 knotter".
  
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==Service==
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==Construction & Service==
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In mid-1913, she was operating with the {{UK-DF|6}}.{{NLJul13|p. 381}}
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The last of thirteen 30-knot T.B.Ds. built by Palmer, ''Syren'' underwent her full-power trials on 10 September, 1901.  She drew just 5' 1{{Frac|3|8}}" forward and 9' {{Frac|3|4}} aft.  She made exactly 30 knots over three hours, total i.h.p. 6,708.  Earlier coal trials had judged her consumption to be 2.4 pounds per i.h.p.-hour.  Both speed and consumption were worse than previous articles had produced, but she carried 40 more tons than {{UK-Star}} (Palmers' first 30 knotter) and 30 tons more than the recently-delivered {{UK-Myrmidon}}.{{ToL|Trial of the Syren|11 Sept. 1901, p. 8}}
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On 6 May 1902, ''Syren'' collided with the {{UK-Hawke|f=t}} while under the command of Lieutenant [[Herbert Meade]].  A Court of Enquiry concluded that no one was to blame in the misadventure.<ref>Meade Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 177.</ref>
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While making 25 knots on the night of 1 May 1905 as part of T.B.D. exercises within Berehaven Harbour, ''Syren'' ran "badly ashore as far aft as foremost torpedo tube", albeit without great personal injuries beind suffered.  However, the vessel had nearly been broken in half by the impact.{{ToL|H.M.S. Syren Ashore|3 May 1905, p. 8}}  A Court Martial determined that Commander [[Sidney Richard Olivier]] had made an error of judgement in the event, earning him a reprimand and causing him to be replaced in command.
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In March 1910, the boat was with the {{UK-DF|4}}.
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By mid-1913, ''Syren'' was operating with the {{UK-DF|6}}.{{NLJul13|p. 381}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot|nick=Brian H. F. Barttelot|appt=3 April, 1903<ref>Barttelot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579100}} f. 238.</ref>|end=15 December, 1903<ref>Barttelot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579100}} f. 238.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot|nick=Brian H. F. Barttelot|appt=3 April, 1903<ref>Barttelot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579100}} f. 238.</ref>|end=15 December, 1903<ref>Barttelot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579100}} f. 238.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Noel Grant|nick=Noel Grant|appt=15 December, 1903<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 36.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 381}}|end=8 February, 1905<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 36.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Noel Grant|nick=Noel Grant|appt=15 December, 1903<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 36.</ref>{{NLOct04|p. 381}}|end=8 February, 1905<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 36.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sidney Richard Olivier|nick=Sidney R. Olivier|appt=8 February, 1905|end=8 May, 1905}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Ryle Wood|nick=Francis R. Wood|appt=28 May, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 381}}|end=15 October, 1906{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Ryle Wood|nick=Francis R. Wood|appt=28 May, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 381}}|end=15 October, 1906{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Bertram Owen Frederick Phibbs|nick=Bertram O. F. Phibbs|appt=15 October, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 381}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bertram Owen Frederick Phibbs|nick=Bertram O. F. Phibbs|appt=15 October, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 381}}|end=5 March, 1908}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|nick=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|appt=5 March, 1908<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 381}}|end=1 January, 1910<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|nick=Reginald Henniker-Heaton|appt=5 March, 1908<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 381}}|end=1 January, 1910<ref>Henniker-Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/442.|D7603226}} f. 508.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Louis Downall Gibbs|nick=George L. D. Gibbs|appt=1 January, 1910<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 381}}|end=1 August, 1911<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Louis Downall Gibbs|nick=George L. D. Gibbs|appt=1 January, 1910<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 381}}|end=1 August, 1911<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Kenneth Faviell Sworder|nick=Kenneth F. Sworder|appt=1 August, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 381}}<ref>Sworder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/259.|D7604356}} f. ?.</ref>|end=4 June, 1913<ref>Sworder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/259.|D7604356}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Kenneth Faviell Sworder|nick=Kenneth F. Sworder|appt=1 August, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 381}}<ref>Sworder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/259.|D7604356}} f. ?.</ref>|end=4 June, 1913<ref>Sworder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/259.|D7604356}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William George Ainslie Kennedy|nick=William G. A. Kennedy|appt=4 June, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 381}}|end=August, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William George Ainslie Kennedy|nick=William G. A. Kennedy|appt=4 June, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 381}}|end=15 August, 1913}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gilbert Cyril William Crispin|nick=Gilbert C. W. Crispin|appt=10 July, 1913|end=11 August, 1913}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gilbert Cyril William Crispin|nick=Gilbert C. W. Crispin|appt=10 July, 1913|end=11 August, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Christopher Harry Williams|nick=Thomas C. H. Williams|appt=15 August, 1913{{NLApr15|p. 398''n''}}|end=mid 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Christopher Harry Williams|nick=Thomas C. H. Williams|appt=15 August, 1913{{NLApr15|p. 398''n''}}|end=10 August, 1915}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Leslie Cardale|nick=Ernest L. Cardale|appt=10 August, 1915<ref>Cardale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/127.|D7603379}} f. 131.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 398''m''}}|end=11 November, 1916<ref>Cardale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/127.|D7603379}} f. 131.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Leslie Cardale|nick=Ernest L. Cardale|appt=10 August, 1915<ref>Cardale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/127.|D7603379}} f. 131.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 398''m''}}|end=11 November, 1916<ref>Cardale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/127.|D7603379}} f. 131.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frank Adam Conyers Baker|nick=Frank A. C. Baker|appt=11 November, 1916<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/280.|D7605365}} f. 650.</ref>|end=28 November, 1916<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/280.|D7605365}} f. 650.</ref>|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Dion Irvin|nick=William D. Irvin|appt=15 November, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 398''n''}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Dion Irvin|nick=William D. Irvin|appt=15 November, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 398''n''}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Adam Ferguson|nick=Adam Ferguson|appt=29 January, 1917|end=6 July, 1917}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Adam Ferguson|nick=Adam Ferguson|appt=29 January, 1917|end=6 July, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Charles Creighton Halliday|nick=Charles C. Halliday|appt=6 July, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 398''d''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Charles Creighton Halliday|nick=Charles C. Halliday|appt=6 July, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 398''d''}}|end=8 February, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Cyril Herbert Bromley|nick=Cyril H. Bromley|appt=1 November, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 913}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}} (in Command?)|name=Kenneth Boothroyd|nick=Kenneth Boothroyd|appt=8 February, 1918<ref>Boothroyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/104.|}} f. 104.</ref>|end=22 February, 1918<ref>Boothroyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/104.|}} f. 104.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Cyril Herbert Bromley|nick=Cyril H. Bromley|appt=1 November, 1918<ref>Bromley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/148.|}} f. 148.</ref>{{NLDec18|p. 913}}|end=20 January, 1919<ref>Bromley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/148.|}} f. 148.</ref>}}
 
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Revision as of 12:49, 2 April 2022

H.M.S. Syren (1900)
Pendant Number: P.72 (1914)
D.93 (Sep 1915)
D.85 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 24 Nov, 1899[4]
Launched: 20 Dec, 1900[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1902[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Syren was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Construction & Service

The last of thirteen 30-knot T.B.Ds. built by Palmer, Syren underwent her full-power trials on 10 September, 1901. She drew just 5' 13⁄8" forward and 9' 3⁄4 aft. She made exactly 30 knots over three hours, total i.h.p. 6,708. Earlier coal trials had judged her consumption to be 2.4 pounds per i.h.p.-hour. Both speed and consumption were worse than previous articles had produced, but she carried 40 more tons than Star (Palmers' first 30 knotter) and 30 tons more than the recently-delivered Myrmidon.[8]

On 6 May 1902, Syren collided with the first class protected cruiser Hawke while under the command of Lieutenant Herbert Meade. A Court of Enquiry concluded that no one was to blame in the misadventure.[9]

While making 25 knots on the night of 1 May 1905 as part of T.B.D. exercises within Berehaven Harbour, Syren ran "badly ashore as far aft as foremost torpedo tube", albeit without great personal injuries beind suffered. However, the vessel had nearly been broken in half by the impact.[10] A Court Martial determined that Commander Sidney Richard Olivier had made an error of judgement in the event, earning him a reprimand and causing him to be replaced in command.

In March 1910, the boat was with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.

By mid-1913, Syren was operating with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  8. ↑ "Trial of the Syren." The Times (London, England), 11 Sept. 1901, p. 8.
  9. ↑ Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  10. ↑ "H.M.S. Syren Ashore." The Times (London, England), 3 May 1905, p. 8.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 381.
  12. ↑ Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  13. ↑ Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  14. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  15. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  16. ↑ Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
  17. ↑ Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
  18. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 36.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 381.
  20. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 36.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 381.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 381.
  23. ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 381.
  25. ↑ Henniker-Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/442. f. 508.
  26. ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 381.
  28. ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 381.
  30. ↑ Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. f. ?.
  31. ↑ Sworder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/259. f. ?.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 381.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398n.
  34. ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398m.
  36. ↑ Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  37. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
  38. ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398n.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398d.
  41. ↑ Boothroyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/104. f. 104.
  42. ↑ Boothroyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/104. f. 104.
  43. ↑ Bromley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/148. f. 148.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 913.
  45. ↑ Bromley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/148. f. 148.

Bibliography


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