H.M.S. Ferret (1893)

H.M.S. Ferret (1893)
Builder:	Laird^[1]
Ordered:	1893^[2]
Laid down:	Jul, 1893^[3]
Launched:	9 Dec, 1893^[4]
Commissioned:	Mar, 1895^[5]
Sunk:	1911^[6]
Fate:	Test Target

H.M.S. Ferret was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "26 knotter".

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander William Ricketts, 20 March, 1895^[7]
Lieutenant & Commander Philip C. Musgrave, 14 January, 1896^[8]
Lieutenant & Commander Charles W. S. Leggatt, 12 February, 1896^[9]^[10] – mid 1897
Lieutenant & Commander Odiarne U. Coates, 2 August, 1897^[11] – 15 September, 1898
Lieutenant Frederic C. Dreyer, 8 June, 1898^[12] – 4 August, 1898^[13]
Lieutenant & Commander Herbert J. T. Marshall, 15 September, 1898^[14]^[15] – 21 November, 1899^[16]
Lieutenant & Commander Stewart A. Perry-Ayscough, 5 October, 1899^[17]
Lieutenant & Commander Herbert N. Hunter, November, 1899^[18]
Chief Boatswain (T) in Command Joseph Sanders, 19 February, 1903^[19] (remained aboard during Manœuvres, resumed command afterwards.^[Inference])
Lieutenant & Commander Arthur G. Craufurd, 21 July, 1903^[20] (for Manœuvres)
Lieutenant & Commander Richard F. H. Hartland-Mahon, 3 January, 1905^[21]
Lieutenant & Commander Arthur L. Popham, 1 April, 1906^[22]
Lieutenant & Commander Charles A. Fremantle, October, 1906^[23] – 2 April, 1907^[24]
Lieutenant in Command Frederick E. K. Strong, 2 April, 1907^[25] – 26 March, 1908^[26]
Lieutenant & Commander Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 26 March, 1908^[27]^[28] – November, 1908^[29]
Lieutenant in Command Edwin A. Homan, 1 December, 1908^[30] – 5 February, 1909^[31]
Lieutenant & Commander John C. Hodgson, 6 February, 1909^[32]^[33] – 10 September, 1909^[34]

Footnotes

↑ 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.
↑ 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. Friday, 15 March, 1895. Issue 34525, col C, p. 11.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 6 January, 1896. Issue 34779, col A, p. 10.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 14 February, 1896. Issue 34813, col E, p. 8.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 224.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 16 July, 1897. Issue 35257, col F, p. 5.
↑ Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 353.
↑ Dreyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 353.
↑ Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 27 July, 1898. Issue 35579, col E, p. 10.
↑ Marshall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/110. f. 117.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 9 August, 1899. Issue 35903, col D, p. 4.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 251.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 312.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 16 July, 1903. Issue 37134, col D, p. 8.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 313-15.
↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 313-15.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 313-15.
↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 316.
↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
↑ Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.
↑ Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.
↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 316.
↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.