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'''H.M.S. ''Skate''''' was one of 42 destroyers of the [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|A class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Skate''''' was one of thirty-six [[27 Knotter]]s, a broad meta-class of early [[Torpedo Boat Destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1890s.
 
She was broken up in 1907.
 
==Service==
Around 1904, ''Skate'' was involved in a collision with the {{UK-Vixen|f=t}}.
 
''Skate'' was the first of the Royal Navy's destroyers to be disposed of, being first used for trials of anti-torpedo guns off Shoeburyness in 1906, and then sold for scrap on 9 April, 1907 to Cox, Falmouth.<ref>Admiralty to C.-in-C. Nore. 17 January 1906. Ship's Cover 128. f. 175.</ref>{{LyonFirstDestroyers|p. 70}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=14 January, 1896<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 253/510.</ref>|end=2 March, 1896<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 253/510.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hastings Frank Shakespear|nick=Hastings F. Shakespear|appt=20 February, 1896<ref>Shakespear Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/5.|}} f. 4.</ref>|end=13 March, 1896<ref>Shakespear Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/5.|}} f. 4.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel de Lautour Wells|nick=Lionel de L. Wells|appt=18 August, 1896<ref>Wells Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/619.|D7579017}} f. 1383.</ref>|end=7 November, 1896<ref>Wells Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/619.|D7579017}} f. 1383.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Travers|nick=Robert H. Travers|appt=7 November, 1896|end=10 September, 1897|note=participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Garnet Armstrong|nick=John G. Armstrong|appt=1 December, 1897<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602489}} f. 160.</ref>|end=10 August, 1898<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602489}} f. 160.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Elliott Walters|nick=Francis E. Walters|appt=10 August, 1898<ref>Walters Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/186.|}} f. 187.</ref>{{NLOct98|p. 297}}|end=17 March, 1899<ref>Walters Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/186.|}} f. 187.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alan Cameron Bruce|nick=Alan C. Bruce|appt=mid 1902<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 351.</ref>|note=for passage home}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=1 August, 1902<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>|end=2 September, 1902<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Mairis Haynes|nick=Robert M. Haynes|appt=28 August, 1902<ref>Haynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/423.|D7602707}} f. 429.</ref>|end=late 1902{{NMI|Tuesday, Dec 02, 1902; pg. 6; Issue 36940}}<ref>Haynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/423.|D7602707}} f. 429.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Ralph Heathcote|nick=Henry R. Heathcote|appt=7 July, 1903|end=15 October, 1903}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Herbert Grieve|nick=William H. Grieve|appt=14 July, 1904<ref>Grieve Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/16.|}} f. 16.</ref>{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=1 October, 1904<ref>Grieve Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/16.|}} f. 16.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Sydney Chambers|nick=Arthur S. Chambers|appt=28 October, 1904|end=1 April, 1905}}
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==Bibliography==
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Latest revision as of 23:35, 30 October 2022

H.M.S. Skate (1895)
Builder: Vickers[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 20 Mar, 1894[3]
Launched: 13 Mar, 1895[4]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1896[5]
Broken up: 1907[6]

H.M.S. Skate was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, a broad meta-class of early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.

She was broken up in 1907.

Service

Around 1904, Skate was involved in a collision with the destroyer Vixen.

Skate was the first of the Royal Navy's destroyers to be disposed of, being first used for trials of anti-torpedo guns off Shoeburyness in 1906, and then sold for scrap on 9 April, 1907 to Cox, Falmouth.[7][8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93. Then known as the "Naval Construction and Armament Company".
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 263.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. ↑ Admiralty to C.-in-C. Nore. 17 January 1906. Ship's Cover 128. f. 175.
  8. ↑ The First Destroyers. p. 70.
  9. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  10. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  11. ↑ Shakespear Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/5. f. 4.
  12. ↑ Shakespear Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/5. f. 4.
  13. ↑ Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/619. f. 1383.
  14. ↑ Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/619. f. 1383.
  15. ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 160.
  16. ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 160.
  17. ↑ Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 297.
  19. ↑ Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
  20. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
  21. ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  22. ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
  23. ↑ Haynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/423. f. 429.
  24. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 02, 1902; pg. 6; Issue 36940.
  25. ↑ Haynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/423. f. 429.
  26. ↑ Grieve Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/16. f. 16.
  27. ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  28. ↑ Grieve Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/16. f. 16.

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