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|launch=9 Aug, 1895{{DittColl|p. 56}}
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|builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie]]{{Conways1860|p. 93}}
|builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 93}}
|laid=17 Sep, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 93}}
|laid=17 Sep, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 93}}
|fate=Broken up
|fate=Broken up
|pend=D.12 (1914)<br>D.99 (Sep 1915), D. 62 (1918){{DittColl|p. 56}}
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'''H.M.S. ''Opossum''''' was one of forty-two [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "27 knotter".
'''H.M.S. ''Opossum''''' 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 one of a select few destroyers of her era who served through the [[Great War]] despite their obsolete nature.


==Service==
==Service==
''Opossum'' arrived at Plymouth from Carrickfergus on 4 August, 1904.  She was to depart after several days to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]].{{NMI|Friday, Aug 05, 1904; pg. 6; Issue 37465}}
She collided with {{UK-1Teazer}} while under the command of [[George Piercy Leith]] in August, 1904, either after or during the manoeuvres.<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>
''Opossum'' was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander [[Reginald Graham Gregory|R. G. Gregory]] in {{UK-1Spitfire|f=p}}.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.</ref>
She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.</ref>


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene|nick=William G. E. Ruck-Keene|appt=16 August, 1896<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>|end=3 January, 1898<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hastings Frank Shakespear|nick=Hastings F. Shakespear|appt=14 March, 1896<ref>Shakespear Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/5.|}} f. 4.</ref>|end=18 August, 1896<ref>Shakespear Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/5.|}} f. 4.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=13 March, 1896{{NMI|Friday, Mar 13, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34837}}|end=August, 1896|precBy=New Command|note=participated in [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene|nick=William G. E. Ruck-Keene|appt=16 August, 1896<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>|end=3 January, 1898<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>|note=participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Roger J. B. Keyes|appt=1 January, 1898<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=15 September, 1898<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Roger J. B. Keyes|appt=1 January, 1898<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=15 September, 1898<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe|nick=Louis C. S. Woollcombe|appt=15 September, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 275}}<ref>Woollcombe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 267.</ref>|end=4 May, 1899<ref>Woollcombe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 267.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe|nick=Louis C. S. Woollcombe|appt=15 September, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 275}}<ref>Woollcombe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 267.</ref>|end=4 May, 1899<ref>Woollcombe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 267.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Godfrey Edwin Corbett|nick=Godfrey E. Corbett|appt=16 August, 1900<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/142.|D7602483}}  f. 152.</ref>|end=1 October, 1900<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/142.|D7602483}}  f. 152.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Godfrey Edwin Corbett|nick=Godfrey E. Corbett|appt=16 August, 1900<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/142.|D7602483}}  f. 152.</ref>|end=1 October, 1900<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/142.|D7602483}}  f. 152.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Andrew Barkley|nick=William A. Barkley|appt=31 August, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 286}}|end=1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Andrew Barkley|nick=William A. Barkley|appt=31 August, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 286}}|end=31 August, 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Frederick George Brine|nick=Frederick G. Brine|appt=5 January, 1902{{NLMay02|p. 286}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cecil George Chichester|nick=Cecil G. Chichester|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=Frederick George Brine|nick=Frederick G. Brine|appt=5 January, 1902{{NLMay02|p. 286}}|end=2 December, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Louis Crichton|nick=Reginald L. Crichton|appt=2 December, 1902<ref>Crichton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/46.|D7602834}} f. 54.</ref>|end=2 April, 1903<ref>Crichton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/46.|D7602834}} f. 54.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Louis Crichton|nick=Reginald L. Crichton|appt=2 December, 1902<ref>Crichton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/46.|D7602834}} f. 54.</ref>|end=2 April, 1903<ref>Crichton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/46.|D7602834}} f. 54.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=14 July, 1904<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|end=1904<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Lawrence Massey|nick=George L. Massey|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.</ref>|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Bernard John Hamilton Ward|nick=Bernard J. H. Ward|appt=14 August, 1903|end=10 December, 1903}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=14 July, 1904<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|end=1904<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Cutlack Ennals|nick=Charles C. Ennals|appt=3 January, 1905{{NMI|Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4}}|end=22 August, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Claude Hillersden Woodward|nick=Claude H. Woodward|appt=22 August, 1905{{NLJun06|p. 350}}|end=5 November, 1907}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Claude Hillersden Woodward|nick=Claude H. Woodward|appt=22 August, 1905{{NLJun06|p. 350}}|end=5 November, 1907}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Colin Erskine Manisty Law|nick=Colin E. M. Law|appt=9 June, 1908{{NLJul09|p. 351}}|end=1 September, 1909{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Colin Erskine Manisty Law|nick=Colin E. M. Law|appt=9 June, 1908{{NLJul09|p. 351}}|end=1 September, 1909}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cecil Godfrey Cruttwell|nick=Cecil G. Cruttwell|appt=1 September, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 351}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cecil Godfrey Cruttwell|nick=Cecil G. Cruttwell|appt=1 September, 1909<ref>Cruttwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/229.|}} f. 239.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 351}}|end=14 August, 1910<ref>Cruttwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/229.|}} f. 239.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Norman Malet Colquhoun Thurstan|nick=Norman M. C. Thurstan|appt=15 August, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 350}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Norman Malet Colquhoun Thurstan|nick=Norman M. C. Thurstan|appt=15 August, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 350}}|end=3 April, 1911}}
{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Sidney Charles Cox|nick=Sidney C. Cox|appt=27 March, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 350}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Salisbury Hamilton Simpson|nick=Salisbury H. Simpson|appt=3 April, 1911<ref>"Naval Appointments."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Sidney Charles Cox|nick=Sidney C. Cox|appt=27 March, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 350}}|end=27 March, 1913}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Salisbury Hamilton Simpson|nick=Salisbury H. Simpson|appt=26 March, 1913<ref>Simpson Service Records.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604377}} f. 151.</ref>|end=March, 1913<ref>Simpson Service Records.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604377}} f. 151.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Salisbury Hamilton Simpson|nick=Salisbury H. Simpson|appt=26 March, 1913<ref>Simpson Service Records.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604377}} f. 151.</ref>|end=March, 1913<ref>Simpson Service Records.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604377}} f. 151.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Alfred Reep|nick=Alfred Reep|appt=26 March, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 351}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Alfred Reep|nick=Alfred Reep|appt=26 March, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 351}}|end=November, 1913}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Michael Horrigan|nick=Michael Horrigan|appt=14 November, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 351}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=Michael Horrigan|nick=Michael Horrigan|appt=14 November, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 351}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Philip Ernest Uniacke Townshend|nick=Philip E. U. Townshend|appt=29 July, 1914|end=13 September, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Philip Ernest Uniacke Townshend|nick=Philip E. U. Townshend|appt=29 July, 1914|end=13 September, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Raymond Hallowell-Carew|nick=Robert Raymond Hallowell-Carew|appt=13 September, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 396''h''}}|end=December, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Raymond Hallowell-Carew|nick=Robert Raymond Hallowell-Carew|appt=13 September, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 396''h''}}|end=December, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Percy Nono Fletcher|nick=Percy N. Fletcher|appt=10 November, 1915<ref>Fletcher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/243.|}} f. 243.</ref>|end=6 April, 1916<ref>Fletcher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/243.|}} f. 243.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Arthur James Baxter|nick=Arthur J. Baxter|appt=6 April, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''gg''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Arthur James Baxter|nick=Arthur J. Baxter|appt=6 April, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''gg''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Arthur James Baxter|nick=Arthur J. Baxter|appt=July, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 855}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Arthur James Baxter|nick=Arthur J. Baxter|appt=July, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 855}}|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
There is some disagreement between Shakespear and Lambert.


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 23:37, 30 October 2022

H.M.S. Opossum (1895)
Pendant Number: D.12 (1914)
D.99 (Sep 1915), D. 62 (1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: 1893-94[3]
Laid down: 17 Sep, 1894[4]
Launched: 9 Aug, 1895[5]
Commissioned: Mar, 1896[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Opossum 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 one of a select few destroyers of her era who served through the Great War despite their obsolete nature.

Service

Opossum arrived at Plymouth from Carrickfergus on 4 August, 1904. She was to depart after several days to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1904.[8]

She collided with Teazer while under the command of George Piercy Leith in August, 1904, either after or during the manoeuvres.[9]

Opossum was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander R. G. Gregory in H.M.S. Spitfire.[10]

She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

There is some disagreement between Shakespear and Lambert.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 05, 1904; pg. 6; Issue 37465.
  9. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  10. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.
  11. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.
  12. ↑ Shakespear Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/5. f. 4.
  13. ↑ Shakespear Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/5. f. 4.
  14. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 13, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34837.
  15. ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  16. ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  17. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
  18. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 275.
  20. ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
  21. ↑ Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.
  22. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
  23. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 286.
  25. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 286.
  27. ↑ Crichton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/46. f. 54.
  28. ↑ Crichton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/46. f. 54.
  29. ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  30. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  31. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  32. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 350.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 351.
  35. ↑ Cruttwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/229. f. 239.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 351.
  37. ↑ Cruttwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/229. f. 239.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 350.
  39. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 23, 1911; pg. 14; Issue 39540.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 350.
  41. ↑ Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
  42. ↑ Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 351.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396h.
  46. ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/243. f. 243.
  47. ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/243. f. 243.
  48. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396gg.
  49. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 855.

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