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==Service==
==Service==
In mid-1913, she was part of the {{UK-DF|4}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 292.</ref>
In mid-1913, she was part of the {{UK-DF|4}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 292.</ref>
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Fairfax M. Kerr]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}


She paid off at Chatham on 27 April, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 745}}
She paid off at Chatham on 27 April, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 745}}
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Eric Q. Carter]], 20 November, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 291.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Eric Q. Carter]], 20 November, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 291.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Fairfax M. Kerr]], in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 44}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 15:46, 24 September 2013

H.M.S. Christopher (1912)
Pendant Number: H.51 (1914)
H.25 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[2]
Launched: 29 Aug, 1912[3]
Sold: May, 1921[4]

H.M.S. Christopher was one of 20 destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[5]

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Fairfax M. Kerr.[6]

She paid off at Chatham on 27 April, 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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 292.
  6. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 745.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 291.
  9. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 44.

Bibliography


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