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'''H.M.S. ''Rosalind''''' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Rosalind''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
 
''Rosalind'' joined the {{UK-DF|13}} in December, 1916{{SMNLDec16|p. 12}} &ndash; the only "R" class destroyer in the formation.  She left the following month to join the {{UK-DF|15}},{{SMNLJan17|p. 12}} staying there through the end of the war until being shifted to the post-war {{UK-DF|4}} in March, 1919.{{SMNLMar19|p. 11}}
 
''Rosalind'' joined the {{UK-DF|13}} in December, 1916{{SMNLDec16|p. 12}} &ndash; the only "R" class destroyer in the formation.  She left the following month to join the {{UK-DF|15}},{{SMNLJan17|p. 12}} staying there through the end of the war until being shifted to the post-war {{UK-DF|4}} in March, 1919.{{SMNLMar19|p. 11}}
  
She was re-commissioned with reduced complement on 15 December, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 857}}
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She was re-commissioned with reduced complement on 15 December, 1919.{{NLApr25|p. 265''a''}}
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On 15 June, 1921, the [[Portsmouth Local Defence Flotilla]] was comprised of ''Rosalind'' and her sisters {{UK-RobRoy}} and {{UK-Ready}}.{{NMI|15 June 1921, p. 19}}
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''Roslind'' was paid off into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 15 December, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 265''a''}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=22 March, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 897}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=7 December, 1916<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''o''}}|end=22 March, 1918<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Kenneth Gordon Ramsey|nick=Kenneth G. Ramsey|appt=10 November, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 857}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=22 March, 1918<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>{{NLAug19|p. 897}}|end=August, 1919<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Pender Usticke Pender|nick=Edward P. U. Pender|appt=28 November, 1919{{NLNov20|p. 857}}<ref>Pender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122764}} f. 834.</ref>|end=10 November, 1920<ref>Pender Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122764}} f. 834.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Gordon Ramsey|nick=Kenneth G. Ramsey|appt=10 November, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 857}}|end=1 March, 1921}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Noel Pelly|nick=John N. Pelly|appt=1 March, 1921<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/27.|}} f. 379.</ref>|end=22 February, 1922<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/27.|}} f. 379.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Edward Blackwood Magee|nick=William E. B. Magee|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}<ref>Magee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>|end=21 August, 1924<ref>Magee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:46, 13 August 2020

H.M.S. Rosalind (1916)
Pendant Number: G.95 (Jan 1917)
G.89 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: July 1915 (6th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 14 Oct, 1916[5]
Completed: DEc, 1916[6]
Sold: 13 Jul, 1926[7]

H.M.S. Rosalind was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Rosalind joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in December, 1916[8] – the only "R" class destroyer in the formation. She left the following month to join the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla,[9] staying there through the end of the war until being shifted to the post-war Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in March, 1919.[10]

She was re-commissioned with reduced complement on 15 December, 1919.[11]

On 15 June, 1921, the Portsmouth Local Defence Flotilla was comprised of Rosalind and her sisters Rob Roy and Ready.[12]

Roslind was paid off into Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 15 December, 1925.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  4. March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  6. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  8. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 12.
  9. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1917). p. 12.
  10. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 265a.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 15 June 1921, p. 19.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 265a.
  14. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397o.
  16. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  17. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  18. The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 897.
  19. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  20. The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 857.
  21. Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
  22. Pender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 834.
  23. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 857.
  24. Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/27. f. 379.
  25. Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/27. f. 379.
  26. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  27. Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
  28. Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.

Bibliography


"R" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Recruit Sturgeon Sceptre Salmon Sylph
Sarpedon Sable Setter Sorceress Satyr
Sharpshooter Simoom Skate Starfish Stork
Skilful Springbok Tancred Tarpon Telemachus
Tempest Tetrarch Tenacious Thisbe Thruster
  Tormentor Tornado Torrent Torrid  
Thornycroft Specials
Rosalind Radiant Retriever Taurus Teazer
Yarrow Specials
Sabrina Strongbow Surprise Sybille Truculent
  Tyrant Ulleswater  
Modified "R" Class
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  Tirade Ursula Ulysses  
  Umpire Urchin Ursa  
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