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'''H.M.S. ''Spitfire''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
 
'''H.M.S. ''Spitfire''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
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There was also an 27 knotter of 1895 named {{UK-1Spitfire}}.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
 
''Spitfire'' was ordered to join the {{UK-DF|4}} upon commissioning.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 377.</ref>
 
''Spitfire'' was ordered to join the {{UK-DF|4}} upon commissioning.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 377.</ref>
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She was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 866}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*{{LCommRN}} [[Clarence W. E. Trelawny]], 17 June, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 382.</ref>
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 18:35, 9 September 2013

H.M.S. Spitfire (1912)
Pendant Number: H.41 (1914)
H.1A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Launched: 23 Dec, 1912[3]
Sold: May, 1921[4]

H.M.S. Spitfire was one of 20 destroyers of the Acasta class.

There was also an 27 knotter of 1895 named Spitfire.

Service

Spitfire was ordered to join the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla upon commissioning.[5]

She was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 377.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 866.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 382.

Bibliography


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