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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton|nick=Hubert E. Gore-Langton|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 356}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton|nick=Hubert E. Gore-Langton|appt=3 February, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 356}}|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=2 August, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 396''a''}}|note=in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=2 August, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 396''a''}}|note=in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Henry Forrester|nick=Henry Forrester|appt=June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''bb''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Henry Forrester|nick=Henry Forrester|appt=June, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''bb''}}}} | ||
Revision as of 14:16, 30 September 2014
| H.M.S. Midge (1913) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | H.13 (1914) H.40 (Sep 1915) H.79 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | London & Glasgow[2] |
| Launched: | 22 May, 1913[3] |
| Completed: | Mar, 1914[4] |
| Sold: | Nov, 1921[5] |
H.M.S. Midge was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.
Service
At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander James R. C. Cavendish.[6]
Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 4 February, 1920.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Hubert E. Gore-Langton, 3 February, 1914[8]
- Lieutenant-Commander James R. C. Cavendish, 2 August, 1915[9] (in command at the Battle of Jutland)
- Lieutenant in Command Henry Forrester, June, 1916[10]
- Lieutenant in Command Ralph G. H. Izat, 21 June, 1917[11]
- Lieutenant in Command Donald C. Brock, 15 November, 1918[12]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 811.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 356.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396bb.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395q.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 845.
Bibliography
| Acasta Class Destroyer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Acasta | Achates | Ambuscade | Christopher | Cockatrice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contest | Shark | Sparrowhawk | Spitfire | Lynx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Midge | Owl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thornycroft Specials | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardy | Paragon | Porpoise | Unity | Victor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Specials | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ardent | Fortune | Garland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Acheron Class | Destroyers (UK) | Laforey Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
