H.M.S. Zephyr (1895)

H.M.S. Zephyr (1895)
Pendant Number:	N.86 (1914) D.4A (Sep 1915), D.98 (1918)
Builder:	Hanna, Donald & Wilson
Ordered:	1893-94
Laid down:	23 Apr, 1894
Launched:	10 May, 1895
Commissioned:	Jul, 1901
Broken up:	1920

H.M.S. Zephyr was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".

Service

She left the Nore to exercise with five other destroyers and seven torpedo boats of the Nore Defence Flotilla on 18 June, 1912.

In mid-1913, she was at The Nore.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant & Commander Henry W. Osburn, 22 February, 1902 – 30 April, 1902
• Lieutenant & Commander George N. Ballard, 21 June, 1902 – 11 March, 1903
• Lieutenant in Command Claude Seymour, 14 July, 1904 – 27 October, 1904  (lent for manoeuvres)
• Chief Gunner (T) in Command Edward Walker, 17 September, 1904 – 12 January, 1905
• Lieutenant & Commander Richard Daly, 5 April, 1905 – 20 July, 1906  (also in command of Rocket)
• Lieutenant & Commander Arthur T. Blackwood, c. March, 1906 – 27 April, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Theodore E. J. Bigg, 3 May, 1906 – 3 August, 1906  (temporary)
• Lieutenant & Commander Richard Daly, 3 August, 1906 – 8 June, 1907  (also in command of Rocket)
• Lieutenant & Commander Arthur G. H. Bond, 16 September, 1907 – 27 March, 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander William B. Mackenzie, 27 March, 1909 – 10 January, 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Eric Q. Carter, 10 January, 1910 – 15 August, 1910
• Lieutenant-Commander Charles W. J. Howard, 15 August, 1910 – 24 August, 1910  (temporary)
• Lieutenant & Commander Charles L. M. M. Crichton, 24 August, 1910 – February, 1914
• Lieutenant in Command Ernest W. Kirkby, 21 January, 1914 – 12 November, 1915
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Arthur H. Notley, 12 November, 1915 – early 1917^{[Citation needed]}

See Also

• Wikipedia