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In mid-1913, she was serving with the {{UK-DF|4}}. | In mid-1913, she was serving with the {{UK-DF|4}}.{{NLJul13|p. 296}} | ||
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Ernald Gilbert Hoskins Master|Ernald G. H. Master]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}} | At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Ernald Gilbert Hoskins Master|Ernald G. H. Master]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}} |
Revision as of 20:48, 29 September 2014
H.M.S. Contest (1913) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.63(1914) H.28 (1917)[1] |
Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[2] |
Launched: | 7 Jan, 1913[3] |
Completed: | Jun, 1913[4] |
Torpedoed: | 18 Sep, 1917[5] |
Fate: | by U 106[6] |
H.M.S. Contest was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.
Service
In mid-1913, she was serving with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Ernald G. H. Master.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Kerrison Kiddle, 5 June, 1913[9]
- Commander Gerald L. Parnell, December, 1913[10] (temporary)
- Commander Kerrison Kiddle, 26 February, 1914[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ernald G. H. Master, before 30 May, 1916[12] (in command at Battle of Jutland)
- Lieutenant in Command Harold O. Joyce, 8 August, 1916[13]
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard B. England, 15 August, 1917[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Uboat.net
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 296.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 298.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 298.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393c.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393g.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392r.
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