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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] – 2 August, 1915[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander James R. C. Cavendish, 2 August, 1915[10][11] – 6 July, 1916[12] (in command at the Battle of Jutland)
- Lieutenant in Command Henry Forrester, June, 1916[13] – 1917[Inference]
- Lieutenant in Command Ralph G. H. Izat, 21 June, 1917[14][15] – 5 July, 1918[16]
- Lieutenant in Command Donald C. Brock, 15 November, 1918[17]
- Lieutenant in Command Edward S. F. Fegen, 27 February, 1919[18] – 7 April, 1919[19] (and for command of group of T.B.Ds.)
- Lieutenant-Commander Leslie T. Creery Hill, 7 April, 1919[20][21] – 1 October, 1919[22] (and for command of group of T.B.Ds.)
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. (April, 1915). p. 396.
- ↑ Gore-Langton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/16. f. 419?
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396a.
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396bb.
- ↑ Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395q.
- ↑ Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 845.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 854a.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
Bibliography
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