H.M.S. Pincher (1910)

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H.M.S. Pincher (1910)
Pendant Number: D.87 (Feb 1915-Sep 1915)
H.C2 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Ordered: 1908-09 Programme[3]
Launched: 15 Mar, 1910[4]
Completed: Sep, 1910[5]
Wrecked: 24 Jul, 1918[6]

H.M.S. Pincher was one of 16 destroyers of the Beagle class.

Service

When first commissioned, she joined the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

In mid-1913, active with the Third Destroyer Flotilla,[8] having possibly switched to that formation on 7 May, 1912.[9]

The destroyer Rattlesnake collided with Pincher on 4 April, 1917, resulting in the other destroyer's captain, Keith Richard Farquharson being relieved of command.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  3. March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  7. Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 356.
  9. Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  10. Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 356.
  12. Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 396n.
  14. Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  15. Ayers Service Record. In our PDF for Colin Rose St. George Tucker's The National Archives. ADM 196/96/166. f. 207.
  16. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396o.
  17. The Navy List. (November, 1917). pp. 396m, 399f.
  18. Ayers Service Record. In our PDF for Colin Rose St. George Tucker's The National Archives. ADM 196/96/166. f. 207.
  19. Heyder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/283. f. 298.
  20. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396m.
  21. Heyder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/283. f. 298.
  22. Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/160. f. 159.
  23. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 137.

Bibliography


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