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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=6 September, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=14 October, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=temporary}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=6 September, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=14 October, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=temporary}} | ||
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Revision as of 15:35, 18 August 2017
| H.M.S. Nith (1905) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N.77 (1914) D.27 (Sep 1915) D.60 (Jan 1918) H.78 (Sep 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | J. S. White[2] |
| Ordered: | 1903-04 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 5 May, 1904[4] |
| Launched: | 7 Mar, 1905[5] |
| Completed: | Oct, 1905[6] |
| Commissioned: | Oct, 1905[7] |
| Broken up: | 1919[8] |
H.M.S. Nith was one of the Royal Navy's thirty-six "River" class destroyers.
Service
In March, 1910, Nith was part of the First Destroyer Flotilla, then part of the First Division, Home Fleet.
In mid-1913, she was with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla, a Patrol Flotilla in Home and Atlantic Waters.
Upon the dissolution of 9 D.F. in August 1915, Nith was sent to the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, also a Patrol Flotilla in Home and Atlantic Waters. In January, 1919, she was sent "temporarily" to the Nore to await her post-war fate.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Edwin H. Edwards, 17 October, 1905[9]
- Commander Charles J. Collins, 1 January, 1906 – 1 April, 1906
- Commander Wilmot S. Nicholson, 28 May, 1906[10] – 10 July, 1906[11] (took ill)
- Commander Francis G. St. John, 10 July, 1906[12][13] – 20 January, 1908[14] (possibly ending later... illegible markings may be a later date)
- Commander John S. Dumaresq, 7 February, 1908[15][16] – c. early 1910[17][18]
- Commander Arthur K. Macrorie, 10 February, 1910[19] – 25 August, 1910[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Herbert W. Wyld, 14 February, 1911[21][22] – 31 October, 1911[23]
- Lieutenant & Commander Owen T. H. Phillips, 31 October, 1911[24]
- Lieutenant & Commander Claude B. Evans, 27 March, 1913[25] – July, 1914 (after a refit in Pembroke Dock[26])
- Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm L. Goldsmith, 6 September, 1913[27] – 14 October, 1913[28] (temporary)
- Lieutenant in Command (emergency) Kenneth C. Helyar, 29 August, 1914[29][30] – 18 December, 1915[31]
- Commander Gerald L. Parnell, 7 February, 1916[32] – January, 1918
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. John Willits, 11 October, 1918[33]
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.
- ↑ 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. (November, 1905). p. 349.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 350.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 350.
- ↑ Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 350.
- ↑ Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
- ↑ Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
- ↑ Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 350.
- ↑ Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 349.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ Helyar Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/294. f. 325.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396g.
- ↑ Helyar Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/294. f. 325.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395y.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 853.
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