H.M.S. Scourge (1910)
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| Pendant Number: | D.96 (Feb 1915) H.8A (Oct 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[2] |
| Ordered: | 1908-09 Programme[3] |
| Launched: | 11 Feb, 1910[4] |
| Sold: | May, 1921[5] |
H.M.S. Scourge was one of sixteen destroyers of the Beagle class.
Service
In mid-1913, she was operating with Third Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
Lieutenant-Commander Henry de B. Tupper commanded her while she covered the landings at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli.[7]
At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, Scourge worked with five other Beagles and Arno to tow troop barges in.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander George L. D. Gibbs, 1 August, 1911.[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry de B. Tupper, 22 June, 1914.[10]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 373.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 112.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 372.
- ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 380.
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