H.M.S. Boxer (1894)
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| Pendant Number: | H.4C (1914-Apr 1917) D.16 (1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | 1893-94[3] |
| Laid down: | Mar, 1894[4] |
| Launched: | 28 Nov, 1894[5] |
| Commissioned: | Jun, 1895[6] |
| Collision: | 8 Feb, 1918[7] |
H.M.S. Boxer was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".
Service
Boxer was named by Miss Joan Thornycroft upon being launched at Chiswick on 28 November 1894.[8] She made her first trial run barely a month later, on the morning of Friday, 21 December. Three runs over a measured mile averaged 27.88 knots, a figure deemed escpecially remarkable in that her engines were not first worked up at easy speeds.[9]
In reserve at Malta in December 1903.[10]
In mid-1913, she was based in Portsmouth.[11]
A single Boy Telegraphist, Herbert Bennett was killed when she was lost.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Reginald G. O. Tupper, 21 January, 1895[13] – 18 August, 1896[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander William S. Lambert, 18 August, 1896[15] – 20 January, 1898[16]
- Lieutenant & Commander Walter H. Cowan, 20 January, 1898[17] – 27 June, 1898[18]
- Lieutenant & Commander Randal M. Lambert, 27 June, 1898 – 15 September, 1898
- Lieutenant & Commander Cecil J. Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 10 September, 1898[19]
- Lieutenant & Commander Frederick W. Kinahan, 1 January, 1900[20] – 1 January, 1902
- Lieutenant & Commander Bertram O. F. Phibbs, 1 January, 1902[21] – 1 April, 1902
- Lieutenant in Command Cecil D. S. Raikes, early 1902[22] – late 1902[23]
- Lieutenant & Commander Bertram O. F. Phibbs, 1902 – 1902
- Lieutenant & Commander William G. A. Kennedy, June, 1905[24] – 10 July, 1907
- Lieutenant-Commander Vaughan A. E. Hanning-Lee, 10 July, 1907[25][26] – 12 January, 1910[27]
- Commander Henry F. G. Talbot, 10 July, 1907[28] – October, 1907[29] (temporary)
- Lieutenant & Commander Gordon A. Coles, 12 January, 1910[30][31] – 6 June, 1911[32]
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles L. Fox, 24 May, 1911[33] – 1 August, 1911[34]
- Commander William L. Elder, 31 October, 1911 – 18 November, 1911
- Lieutenant & Commander George E. Casley, 18 March, 1912[35] (this is indicated as Gleaner in his service record)
- Chief Gunner in Command William B. Fuller, 11 November, 1914[36] – 13 April, 1915
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Robert G. Cross, 13 April, 1915[37][38] – 8 March, 1916[39]
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Cyril S. Durrad, 3 August, 1916[40] – September 1917[Inference]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Joseph K. Chaplin, 22 September, 1917[41] – 8 February, 1918[42] (vessel lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Nov 30, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34435.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 461.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Nov 30, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34435.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 24, 1894; pg. 8; Issue 34455.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 287.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 461.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 207.
- ↑ Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1336.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 207.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/74. f. 81.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 January, 1898. Issue 35421, col A, p. 11.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 157.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 232.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 233.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 20 December 1901. (36643), p. 5.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 490.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 490.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 286.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 9 July, 1907. Issue 38380, col D, p. 12.
- ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
- ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
- ↑ Coles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/167. f. 168.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 286.
- ↑ Coles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/167. f. 168.
- ↑ Fox Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/98. f. ?.
- ↑ Fox Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/98. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392m.
- ↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/130. f. 130.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392m.
- ↑ Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/130. f. 130.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 391w.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391w.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 120.
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