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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=31 March, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 368}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=31 March, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 368}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Francis Hyde|nick=George F. Hyde|appt=29 September, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 368}}|end=}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Arthur Hornell|nick=Robert A. Hornell|appt=29 July, 1912<ref>Hornell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>|end=21 February, 1913<ref>Hornell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Arthur Hornell|nick=Robert A. Hornell|appt=29 July, 1912<ref>Hornell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>|end=21 February, 1913<ref>Hornell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/435.|D7576628}} f. 437.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=22 February, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 368}}<ref>Allen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=6 April, 1914<ref>Allen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Lingen Allen|nick=Walter L. Allen|appt=22 February, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 368}}<ref>Allen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>|end=6 April, 1914<ref>Allen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603032}} f. 280.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 21:26, 25 April 2016
H.M.S. Rother (1904) | |
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Pendant Number: | N.32 (1914) D.29 (Sep 1915) D.73 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Palmer[2] |
Ordered: | Purchased |
Laid down: | 23 Mar, 1903[3] |
Launched: | 5 Jan, 1904[4] |
Completed: | May, 1905[5] |
Commissioned: | May, 1905[6] |
Broken up: | 1919[7] |
H.M.S. Rother was one of the Royal Navy's thirty-six "River" class destroyers.
Service
In mid-1913, active with Ninth Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Christopher P. Metcalfe, 31 March, 1906[9]
- Lieutenant & Commander George F. Hyde, 29 September, 1908[10]
- Commander Robert A. Hornell, 29 July, 1912[11] – 21 February, 1913[12]
- Commander Walter L. Allen, 22 February, 1913[13][14] – 6 April, 1914[15]
- Commander Quentin C. A. Craufurd, 6 April, 1914[16]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Arthur Cocks, 25 August, 1917[17]
- Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. Edward R. Lingen Burton, 30 November, 1917[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 368.
- ↑ Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
- ↑ Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 368.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397l-r.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397p.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 898.
Bibliography
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