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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Gunner in Command|name=John David Sumner|nick=John D. Sumner|appt=4 May, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 378}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Hubert Gerald Daedalus Merrett|nick=Hubert G. D. Merrett|appt=16 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 911a}}}}
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Revision as of 13:53, 4 November 2015

H.M.S. Sunfish (1895)
Pendant Number: D.47 (1914)
D.2A (Sep 1915), D.81 (1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[2]
Ordered: 1893-94[3]
Laid down: 29 Aug, 1894[4]
Launched: 23 May, 1895[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1896[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

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

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  8. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 137.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 378.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 382a.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398l.
  12. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398b.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 911a.

Bibliography


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