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| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Walter Hugh Charles Samuel Thring|nick=Walter H. C. S. Thring|appt=15 June, 1897|end=|note=participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}} | + | {{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]]}} |
{{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}}}} | {{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}}}} | ||
{{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}} | {{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}} | ||
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.
- Lieutenant & Commander Walter H. C. S. Thring, 15 June, 1897[13] – c. October 1897[14] (participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Commander William F. De Salis, before 8 October, 1897[15] – early 1898[Inference]
- Commander John M. de Robeck, before 9 March, 1898[16] – 1898
- Commander Cuthbert G. Chapman, 3 November, 1898[17] – 19 April, 1899[18]
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 13 March, 1900[19] – 7 May, 1900[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Basil A. Austen, 4 May, 1901[21] – August, 1901 (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward O. Gladstone, 28 September, 1901[22][23] – 14 October, 1901[24]
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward O. Gladstone, 1 April, 1902[25] – 20 October, 1903[26]
- Lieutenant & Commander George H. Brown, 20 October, 1903[27] – 7 November, 1905
- Lieutenant & Commander Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse, 7 November, 1905[28] – 29 September, 1908
- Lieutenant & Commander Nigel K. W. Barttelot, 17 November, 1905 – 2 June, 1906 (temporary)
- Commander Walter L. Allen, 28 September, 1908[29][30] – 23 August, 1910[31]
- Lieutenant & Commander Montague G. B. Legge, 23 August, 1910[32][33] – 15 November, 1911[34] (invalided)
- Lieutenant & Commander Edmond A. B. Stanley, 18 November, 1911[35] – May, 1913[36]
- Lieutenant-Commander Owen T. H. Phillips, 27 May, 1913[37] – December, 1913
- Commander Berwick Curtis, 5 July, 1913[38] – 16 December, 1913[39] (and in command of Derwent)
- Lieutenant in Command George E. Casley, 16 December, 1913[40] – 17 February, 1915
- Lieutenant in Command Albert Bendell, 11 February, 1915[41][42] – 6 June, 1917
- Lieutenant in Command Samuel Mallin, 6 June, 1917[43] – 13 February, 1918
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Charles L. Cutsforth, 3 April, 1918[44][45] – 25 February, 1919[46]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ "The Naval Review at Spithead." The Times (London, England), 25 June 1897; p. 13.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 3, 1913, Issue 40254, p.6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 7, 1913, Issue 40257, p.6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
- ↑ Thring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/331. f. 333.
- ↑ Thring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/331. f. 333.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 8 Oct. 1897, p. 9.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 8 Oct. 1897, p. 9.
- ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
- ↑ Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/136. f. 161.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 23, 1901; pg. 10; Issue 36514.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 246a.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 300.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 300.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/90. f. 295.
- ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/90. f. 295.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 300c.
- ↑ Superseded by George E. Casley.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 302.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 10, 1915; pg. 6; Issue 40774.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393o.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393a.
- ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 775.
- ↑ Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
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