H.M.S. Virago (1895)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Virago (1895) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | unknown[1] |
| Builder: | Laird[2] |
| Ordered: | 1894-95 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 13 Jun, 1895[4] |
| Launched: | 19 Nov, 1895[5] |
| Commissioned: | Jun, 1897[6] |
| Broken up: | 1919[7] |
H.M.S. Virago was one of twenty-four destroyers of the "B" class — a "30 knotter".
Service
In July, 1904, complaints from Vice-Admiral Noel of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by First Lord of the Admiralty Selborne. Within, it was noted that Virago's boiler tubes were at the end of life expectancy and that they should be re-tubed right away, work to be completed by November.[8]
In mid-1913, she was still on the China Station.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Alfred B. Barker, January, 1902[10]
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles A. Fremantle, 24 January, 1910[11] – 2 July, 1910[12] (and in command of Whiting, both ships in reserve)
- Lieutenant & Commander Edye K. Boddam-Whetham, 20 February, 1913[13]
- Lieutenant in Command Harold F. B. Handley, 13 August, 1914[14]
- Lieutenant-Commander Somerville P. B. Russell, 17 July, 1915[15]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Wesson C. H. Jones, 4 October, 1915[16]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Thomas S. M. Pooley, 29 June, 1917[17]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command (retired) Reginald Bernard, 19 April, 1918[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
- ↑ Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum. (NOE/5/2).
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 3 January 1902.
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399c.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399c.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 936.
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