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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=James Follett Houstoun|nick=James F. Houstoun|appt=8 January, 1912<ref>Houstoun Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/149.|D7603856}} f. 354.</ref>{{NLNov14|p. 316}}|end=November, 1913<ref>Houstoun Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/149.|D7603856}} f. 354.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=James Follett Houstoun|nick=James F. Houstoun|appt=8 January, 1912<ref>Houstoun Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/149.|D7603856}} f. 354.</ref>{{NLNov14|p. 316}}|end=November, 1913<ref>Houstoun Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/149.|D7603856}} f. 354.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|appt=14 November, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 394''f''}}|end=4 April, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|appt=14 November, 1913<ref>Legge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 394''f''}}|end=4 April, 1916<ref>Legge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wilfred Arthur Thompson|nick=Wilfred A. Thompson|appt=8 April, 1916<ref>Thompson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/70.|D7603577}} f. 70.</ref>|end=11 December, 1916<ref>Thompson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/70.|D7603577}} f. 70.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wilfred Arthur Thompson|nick=Wilfred A. Thompson|appt=8 April, 1916<ref>Thompson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/70.|D7603577}} f. 70.</ref>|end=11 December, 1916<ref>Thompson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/70.|D7603577}} f. 70.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=January, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''v''}}|end=early 1918{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=January, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''v''}}|end=early 1918{{INF}}}}

Revision as of 18:15, 27 November 2016

H.M.S. Forester (1911)
Pendant Number: H.39 (1914)
H.34 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. S. White[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 1 Jun, 1911[4]
Completed: Jan, 1912[5]
Sold: 4 Nov, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Forester was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[7]

Service

In mid-1913, she was with the First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

Forester reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport 15 October, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 316.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 775.
  10. Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  11. The Navy List. (November, 1914). p. 316.
  12. Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  13. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394f.
  15. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  16. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/70. f. 70.
  17. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/70. f. 70.
  18. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393v.
  19. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 795.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Druid Sandfly Jackal Tigress Lapwing
  Lizard Phoenix Ferret Forester  
Yarrow Specials
  Archer Attack  
Thornycroft Specials
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  Badger Beaver  
Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
  Firedrake Lurcher Oak  
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  Huon Swan Torrens  
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