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'''H.M.S. ''Desperate''''' was one of eleven destroyers of the [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class]] — one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters". | '''H.M.S. ''Desperate''''' was one of eleven destroyers of the [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class]] — one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters". | ||
+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913). p. 300.</ref> | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
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+ | * {{LCommRN}} [[Owen T. H. Phillips]], 27 May, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913). p. 300.</ref> | ||
* {{CommRN}} [[Berwick Curtis]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914). p. 300c.</ref> | * {{CommRN}} [[Berwick Curtis]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914). p. 300c.</ref> | ||
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H.M.S. Desperate (1896) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.50 (1914) D.40 (Sep 1915) D.26 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Thornycroft[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 eleven destroyers of the "D" class — one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters".
Service
In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Owen T. H. Phillips, 27 May, 1913.[9]
- Commander Berwick Curtis, 5 July, 1913.[10]
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 Navy List (July, 1913). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 300c.
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