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'''H.M.S. ''Thorn''''' was one of forty destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
'''H.M.S. ''Thorn''''' was one of forty [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
 
==Service==
After being completed at Glasgow, ''Thorn'' went to Devonport, arriving on 22 December, 1900.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Dec 24, 1900; pg. 8; Issue 36333.</ref>
 
She left Plymouth on 14 October, 1901 under the command of Lieutenant [[Hepworth Staley Alton]] to join the Reserve Squadron.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 15, 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36586.</ref>  He would be removed from command by Court Martial in November after the destroyer ran down a cutter on the Hamoaze, killing three libertymen.<ref>"Naval Court-Martial."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Nov 15, 1901; pg. 4; Issue 36613.</ref><ref>"Naval Court-Martial"  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Nov 16, 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36614.</ref>
 
In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the First Division of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]'s Destroyer Flotilla.{{NLNov05|pp. 267, 269}}
 
She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1909]].{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9}}
 
In mid-1913, ''Thorn'' was with the {{UK-DF|7}} &mdash; a patrol flotilla.{{NLJul13|p. 385}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Thorn''">
* {{LCommRN}} [[John N. Benbow]], 6 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 383.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Legge Barnardiston|nick=Thomas L. Barnardiston|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}|end=|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hepworth Staley Alton|nick=Hepworth S. Alton|appt=19 August, 1901{{NMI|Tuesday, Oct 15, 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36586}}<ref>Alton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/296.|}} f. 298.</ref>|end=15 November, 1901<ref>Alton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/296.|}} f. 298.</ref>|note=removed from command by C.M. following deadly collision}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick George Brine|nick=Frederick G. Brine|appt=25 November, 1901|end=5 January, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Percy Pitts|nick=Percy Pitts|appt=1 January, 1904<ref>Pitts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>|end=27 August, 1904<ref>Pitts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Percy Johnson|nick=Percy Johnson|appt=8 March, 1905|end=27 July, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Percy Crabtree|nick=Percy Crabtree|appt=27 July, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 386}}|end=1 January, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Francis Donhoff Jelf|nick=Henry F. D. Jelf|appt=1 January, 1906<ref>Jelf Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/389.|}} f. 395.</ref>|end=28 May, 1906<ref>Jelf Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/389.|}} f. 395.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Aubrey Edward Duncombe Moore|nick=Aubrey E. D. Moore|appt=28 May, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/104.|D7603356}} f. 104.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 386}}|end=29 January, 1908<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/104.|D7603356}} f. 104.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James William Guy Innes|nick=James W. G. Innes|appt=29 January, 1908|end=23 March, 1908}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Amcotts Wilson|nick=Robert A. Wilson|appt=23 March, 1908<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/62.|}} f. 266.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 386}}|end=September, 1909<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/62.|}} f. 266.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Hoskins Irton Parker|nick=George H. I. Parker|appt=18 January, 1910<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/180.|D7603687}} f. 181.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 400}}|end=24 August, 1911<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/180.|D7603687}} f. 181.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Amcotts Wilson|nick=Robert A. Wilson|appt=24 January, 1910<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/62.|}} f. 266.</ref>|end=17 March, 1910<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/62.|}} f. 266.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Spencer Hargreaves|nick=William S. Hargreaves|appt=August, 1910<ref>Hargreaves Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/169.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=9 December, 1910<ref>Hargreaves Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/169.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Edward Henry Graham Hobart|nick=Francis E. H. G. Hobart|appt=28 May, 1910<ref>Hobart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/45.|D7603949}} f. 448.</ref>|end=August, 1910<ref>Hobart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/45.|D7603949}} f. 448.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Clive Phillipps-Wolley|nick=Clive Phillipps-Wolley|appt=19 April, 1911{{NLDec12|p. 313}}|end=2 September, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 386}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Norman Benbow|nick=John N. Benbow|appt=6 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 383}}|end=3 August, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=William Ogilvy Hozier|nick=William O. Hozier|appt=3 August, 1914{{INF}}|end=20 January, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Henry Francis Besant|nick=Henry F. Besant|appt=23 January, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 398''q''}}|end=30 March, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Douglas George Jeffrey|nick=Douglas G. Jeffrey|appt=30 March, 1916<ref>Jeffrey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/47.|}} f. 47.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 398''q''}}|end=27 April, 1917<ref>Jeffrey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/56/47.|}} f. 47.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton|nick=Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton|appt=29 January, 1917<ref>Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/243.|}} f. 601.</ref>|end=14 February, 1917<ref>Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/243.|}} f. 601.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Claude Hamilton|nick=Claude Hamilton|appt=22 May, 1917<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/53/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 398''k''}}|end=26 December, 1917<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/53/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=William Nicholls|nick=William Nicholls|appt=7 March, 1918<ref>Nicholls Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/138.|}}  f. 138.</ref>|end=10 October, 1918<ref>Nicholls Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/138.|}}  f. 138.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Robert Oswald Chisholm|nick=Robert O. Chisholm|appt=30 September, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 919}}|end=19 April, 1919<ref>Chisholm Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/66.|}} f. 66.</ref>}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
The conflicts between Parker, Wilson and Hargreaves should be explored.


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 19:29, 30 August 2022

H.M.S. Thorn (1900)
Pendant Number: D.57 (1914)
D.70 (Sep 1915)
D.89 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: Purchased 31 Mar 1900
Launched: 17 Mar, 1900[3]
Commissioned: Jun, 1901[4]
Broken up: 1919[5]

H.M.S. Thorn was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

After being completed at Glasgow, Thorn went to Devonport, arriving on 22 December, 1900.[6]

She left Plymouth on 14 October, 1901 under the command of Lieutenant Hepworth Staley Alton to join the Reserve Squadron.[7] He would be removed from command by Court Martial in November after the destroyer ran down a cutter on the Hamoaze, killing three libertymen.[8][9]

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the First Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[11]

In mid-1913, Thorn was with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

The conflicts between Parker, Wilson and Hargreaves should be explored.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 24, 1900; pg. 8; Issue 36333.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 15, 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36586.
  8. ↑ "Naval Court-Martial." The Times (London, England), Friday, Nov 15, 1901; pg. 4; Issue 36613.
  9. ↑ "Naval Court-Martial" The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 16, 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36614.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  11. ↑ "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 385.
  13. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  14. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 15, 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36586.
  15. ↑ Alton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/296. f. 298.
  16. ↑ Alton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/296. f. 298.
  17. ↑ Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  18. ↑ Pitts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/241. f. 273.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 386.
  20. ↑ Jelf Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/389. f. 395.
  21. ↑ Jelf Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/389. f. 395.
  22. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 386.
  24. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/104. f. 104.
  25. ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/62. f. 266.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 386.
  27. ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/62. f. 266.
  28. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/180. f. 181.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 400.
  30. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/180. f. 181.
  31. ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/62. f. 266.
  32. ↑ Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/62. f. 266.
  33. ↑ Hargreaves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/169. f. ?.
  34. ↑ Hargreaves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/169. f. ?.
  35. ↑ Hobart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/45. f. 448.
  36. ↑ Hobart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/45. f. 448.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1912). p. 313.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 386.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 383.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398q.
  41. ↑ Jeffrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/47. f. 47.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398q.
  43. ↑ Jeffrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/47. f. 47.
  44. ↑ Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  45. ↑ Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  46. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/169. f. 169.
  47. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398k.
  48. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/169. f. 169.
  49. ↑ Nicholls Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/138. f. 138.
  50. ↑ Nicholls Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/138. f. 138.
  51. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 919.
  52. ↑ Chisholm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/66. f. 66.

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