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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton|nick=Hubert E. Gore-Langton|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 396}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=2 August, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 396''a''}}|note=in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=2 August, 1915<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 396''a''}}|end=6 July, 1916<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>|note=in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Henry Forrester|nick=Henry Forrester|appt=June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''bb''}}|end=1917{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Henry Forrester|nick=Henry Forrester|appt=June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''bb''}}|end=1917{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ralph George Hamilton Izat|nick=Ralph G. H. Izat|appt=21 June, 1917<ref>Izat Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/28.|D8116660}} f. 28.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 395''q''}}|end=5 July, 1918<ref>Izat Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/28.|D8116660}} f. 28.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=15 November, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 845}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=David Laidlaw Cowan|nick=David L. Cowan|appt=5 July, 1918<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/262.}} f. 341.</ref>|end=August, 1918<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/262.}} f. 341.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=15 November, 1918<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/174.|}} f. 173.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 845}}|end=11 February, 1919<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/174.|}} f. 173.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=27 February, 1919<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|end=7 April, 1919<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|note=and for command of group of T.B.Ds.}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leslie Thomas Creery Hill|nick=Leslie T. Creery Hill|appt=7 April, 1919<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/332.|D7605087}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 854''a''}}|end=1 October, 1919<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/332.|D7605087}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and for command of group of T.B.Ds.}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:12, 8 March 2023

H.M.S. Midge (1913)
Pendant Number: H.13 (1914)
H.40 (Sep 1915)
H.79 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Launched: 22 May, 1913[3]
Completed: Mar, 1914[4]
Sold: Nov, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Midge was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander James R. C. Cavendish.[6]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 4 February, 1920.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 811.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 396.
  9. Gore-Langton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/16. f. 419?
  10. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396a.
  12. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396bb.
  14. Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395q.
  16. Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
  17. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/262. f. 341.
  18. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/262. f. 341.
  19. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/174. f. 173.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 845.
  21. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/174. f. 173.
  22. Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  23. Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  24. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
  25. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 854a.
  26. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.

Bibliography


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