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''Grasshopper'' was one of 16 destroyers of the [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|Beagle]] class.
'''H.M.S. ''Grasshopper''''' was one of sixteen destroyers of the [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'' class]].
 
==Service==
In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|3}}.{{NLJul13|p. 321}}
 
On 5 February 1918, ''Grasshopper'', {{UK-Mosquito}} and {{UK-Pigeon}} were escorting a convoy when the Anchor Line/Cunard troopship SS ''Tuscania'' was [[Sinking of S.S. Tuscania|torpedoed and sunk]] in the North Channel, off Islay by {{DE-UB77}} as the convoy approached Liverpool.  ''Grasshopper'' assisted in the rescue operations, saving between 500 and 600 men.<ref>Email from Marilyn Gahm, Spooner, Wisconsin USA to Tone, 20170205.</ref>


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Thornton Amedroz|nick=Reginald T. Amedroz|appt=29 July, 1912<ref>Amedroz Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/105.|D7603812}} f. 310.</ref>{{NLAug17|p. 394''c''}}|end=September, 1917<ref>Amedroz Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/105.|D7603812}} f. 310.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Morrison Smith|nick=John M. Smith|appt=9 January, 1918<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/190.|D8116822}} f. 236.</ref>|end=10 August, 1918<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/190.|D8116822}} f. 236.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} (emergency)|name=James Henry Domville|nick=Sir James H. Domville, Bart.|appt=10 August, 1918|end=16 November, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Pelham Alexander Maitland|nick=Pelham A. Maitland|appt=16 November, 1918|end=13 December, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=William Charles Ovenden|nick=William C. Ovenden|appt=13 December, 1918{{INF}}|end=5 February, 1919|note=perhaps never "in command"}}
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==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:41, 27 October 2018

H.M.S. Grasshopper (1909)
Pendant Number: H.17 (Jan 1918)
H.60 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: 1908-09 Programme[3]
Launched: 23 Nov, 1909[4]
Completed: Jul, 1910[5]
Sold: Nov, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Grasshopper was one of sixteen destroyers of the Beagle class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

On 5 February 1918, Grasshopper, Mosquito and Pigeon were escorting a convoy when the Anchor Line/Cunard troopship SS Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk in the North Channel, off Islay by UB 77 as the convoy approached Liverpool. Grasshopper assisted in the rescue operations, saving between 500 and 600 men.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  3. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 321.
  8. ↑ Email from Marilyn Gahm, Spooner, Wisconsin USA to Tone, 20170205.
  9. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). pp. 321, 322.
  11. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
  12. ↑ Amedroz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/105. f. 310.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394c.
  14. ↑ Amedroz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/105. f. 310.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394c.
  16. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/190. f. 236.
  17. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/190. f. 236.

Bibliography


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