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''Unity'' was assigned, along with the other ''Acasta'' class destroyers to the {{UK-DF|4}} in 1914.
  
 
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Arthur Macaulay Lecky|Arthur M. Lecky]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
 
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Arthur Macaulay Lecky|Arthur M. Lecky]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
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In November, 1916, she transferred to the {{UK-DF|6}}, which was part of the [[Dover Patrol]].
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''Unity'' was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 879}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 17:56, 26 September 2016

H.M.S. Unity (1913)
Pendant Number: H.68 (1914)
H.5A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Launched: 18 Sep, 1913[3]
Completed: Mar, 1914[4]
Sold: Oct, 1922[5]

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

Service

Unity was assigned, along with the other Acasta class destroyers to the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in 1914.

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

In November, 1916, she transferred to the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, which was part of the Dover Patrol.

Unity was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.[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. 879.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398t.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398u.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398o.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 844.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398o.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 922a.

Bibliography


Acasta Class Destroyer
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