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'''H.M.S. ''Firedrake''''' was one of 29 destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Firedrake''''' was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the [[Acheron Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acheron'' class]].


==Service==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Benjamin W. Barrow]], 4 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 314.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Benjamin Wingate Barrow|Benjamin W. Barrow]], 4 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 314.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Alfred Bernard Watts|Alfred B. Watts]], July, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 317.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Alfred Bernard Watts|Alfred B. Watts]], July, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 317.</ref>
* {{CommRN}} [[Aubrey Thomas Tillard]], in command after Watts.{{HardLying|p. 126}}
* {{CommRN}} [[Aubrey Thomas Tillard|Aubrey T. Tillard]], in command after Watts.{{HardLying|p. 126}}
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Revision as of 17:47, 5 January 2014

H.M.S. Firedrake (1912)
Pendant Number: H.97 (1914)
H.33 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Yarrow[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 9 Apr, 1912[4]
Sold: 10 Oct, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Firedrake was one of twenty-nine destroyers of the Acheron class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was operating in the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

Firedrake reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth 17 October, 1919.[7]

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. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 313-5.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 774.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 314.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 317.
  10. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 126.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Goshawk Hind Hornet Hydra Defender
Druid Sandfly Jackal Tigress Lapwing
  Lizard Phoenix Ferret Forester  
Yarrow Specials
  Archer Attack  
Thornycroft Specials
  Acheron Ariel  
Parsons Specials
  Badger Beaver  
Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
  Firedrake Lurcher Oak  
Australian type
  Parramatta Warrego Yarra  
  Huon Swan Torrens  
<– Acorn Class Destroyers (UK) Acasta Class –>


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