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==Service==
==Service==
In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 316.</ref>
In early 1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|1}}, attached to First Fleet.{{NLJul13|p. 316}}
 
Lt. Cdr. [[Montague George Bentinck Legge|Legge]] was admonished for allowing too large an alteration of course after ''Forester'' collided with the {{UK-Archer|f=t}} in 1915.<ref>Legge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>
 
After the [[Battle of Jutland]], ''Forester'' was one of eight destroyers detached from 1 D.F. to screen the {{UK-BS|3}}.  This gaggle was to again be designated as 1 D.F. in October 1916, and ''Forester'' stayed with them until joining the {{UK-DF|4}} in July 1917.


''Forester'' reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 775}}
''Forester'' reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 775}}
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* Lieutenant & Commander [[James Follett Houstoun|James F. Houstoun]], 8 January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 316.</ref>
{{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}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[Montague George Bentinck Legge|Montague G. B. Legge]], 14 November, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 318.</ref>
{{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>}}
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{{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=22 January, 1917<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 393''v''}}|end=24 January, 1918<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Thornton Down|nick=Richard T. Down|appt=6 March, 1918{{NLSep19|p. 795}}|end=15 December, 1919}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 12:34, 2 May 2020

H.M.S. Forester (1911)
Pendant Number: H.39 (1914)
H.34 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel 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 early 1913, she was with the First Destroyer Flotilla, attached to First Fleet.[8]

Lt. Cdr. Legge was admonished for allowing too large an alteration of course after Forester collided with the destroyer Archer in 1915.[9]

After the Battle of Jutland, Forester was one of eight destroyers detached from 1 D.F. to screen the Third Battle Squadron. This gaggle was to again be designated as 1 D.F. in October 1916, and Forester stayed with them until joining the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in July 1917.

Forester reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport 15 October, 1919.[10]

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. ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 775.
  11. ↑ Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1914). p. 316.
  13. ↑ Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  14. ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394f.
  16. ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  17. ↑ Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/70. f. 70.
  18. ↑ Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/70. f. 70.
  19. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393v.
  21. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 795.

Bibliography


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