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'''H.M.S. ''Firedrake''''' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Firedrake''''' was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].


=Service==
==Service==
In mid-1913, she was operating in the {{UK-DF|4}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 313-5.</ref>
Upon commissioning, she started operating in the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of [[George Knightley Chetwode]].<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 390.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 313-5}}
 
''Firedrake'' reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 774}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Benjamin W. Barrow]], 4 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 314.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Knightley Chetwode|nick=George K. Chetwode|appt=2 September, 1912<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 390.</ref>|end=4 January, 1913<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 390.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[Alfred B. Watts]], July, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 317.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Benjamin Wingate Barrow|nick=Benjamin W. Barrow|appt=4 January, 1913{{NLJun14|p. 314}}<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|end=24 June, 1914<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Bernard Watts|nick=Alfred B. Watts|appt=July, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 317}}|end=4 January, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=5 January, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 393''u''}}<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|end=24 October, 1917<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gordon McLeod Cameron|nick=Gordon McL. Cameron|appt=26 October, 1917<ref>Cameron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/43.|D7604455}} f. 15.</ref>{{NLSep19|p. 794}}|end=17 October, 1919<ref>Cameron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/43.|D7604455}} f. 15.</ref>|note=and for command of group of ships at Portsmouth, after April, 1919}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 20:33, 6 April 2018

H.M.S. Firedrake (1912)
Pendant Number: H.97 (1914)
H.33 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Yarrow & Company[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 9 Apr, 1912[4]
Completed: Sep, 1912[5]
Sold: 10 Oct, 1921[6]

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

Service

Upon commissioning, she started operating in the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of George Knightley Chetwode.[7][8]

Firedrake reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth 17 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. ↑ Chetwode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 313-5.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 774.
  10. ↑ Chetwode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  11. ↑ Chetwode Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 314.
  13. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  14. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 317.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393u.
  17. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  18. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  19. ↑ Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/43. f. 15.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 794.
  21. ↑ Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/43. f. 15.

Bibliography


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