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'''H.M.S. ''Desperate''''' was one of eleven destroyers of the [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class]] &mdash; one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters".
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'''H.M.S. ''Desperate''''' was one of the [[Royal Navy]]'s eleven [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class destroyers]].
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913). p. 300.</ref> In November, 1913, she was ordered to return to England.{{NLNov13|p. 300c}}
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''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}}
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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}}
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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.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Desperate''">
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Edmond Alan Berners Stanley|Edmond A. B. Stanley]], 8 June, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (March, 1913), p. 300.</ref>
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{{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]]}}
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Owen Tudor Hood Phillips|Owen T. H. Phillips]], 27 May, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 300.</ref>
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{{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}}}}
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* Lieutenant in Command [[George Edward Casley|George E. Casley]], 16 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915), p. 302.</ref>
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{{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}}
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* Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command [[Charles Lawrence Cutsforth|Charles L. Cutsforth]], 3 April, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1919), p. 775.</ref>
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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]]?}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Halliday Brown|nick=George H. Brown|appt=20 October, 1903{{NLNov05|p. 300}}|end=7 November, 1905}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Claude Alwin Rombulow-Pearse|nick=Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse|appt=7 November, 1905{{NLMar07|p. 300}}|end=29 September, 1908}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot|nick=Nigel K. W. Barttelot|appt=17 November, 1905|end=2 June, 1906|note=temporary}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Owen Tudor Hood Phillips|nick=Owen T. H. Phillips|appt=27 May, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 300''c''}}|end=December, 1913}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Edward Casley|nick=George E. Casley|appt=16 December, 1913{{NLJan15|p. 302}}|end=17 February, 1915}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Samuel Mallin|nick=Samuel Mallin|appt=6 June, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''a''}}|end=13 February, 1918}}
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{{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>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:43, 17 March 2022

H.M.S. Desperate (1896)
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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  8. ↑ "The Naval Review at Spithead." The Times (London, England), 25 June 1897; p. 13.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 3, 1913, Issue 40254, p.6.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 7, 1913, Issue 40257, p.6.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 300.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
  13. ↑ Thring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/331. f. 333.
  14. ↑ Thring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/331. f. 333.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 8 Oct. 1897, p. 9.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 8 Oct. 1897, p. 9.
  17. ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
  18. ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
  19. ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  20. ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  21. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 23, 1901; pg. 10; Issue 36514.
  22. ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 246a.
  24. ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  25. ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  26. ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 300.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 300.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 300.
  30. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  31. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  32. ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 300.
  34. ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  35. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/90. f. 295.
  36. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/90. f. 295.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
  39. ↑ Superseded by George E. Casley.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 302.
  41. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 10, 1915; pg. 6; Issue 40774.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393o.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393a.
  44. ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 775.
  46. ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.

Bibliography


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