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'''H.M.S. ''Porpoise''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Porpoise''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].


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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Hugh D. Colville]], 24 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 371.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Hugh Davenport Colville|Hugh D. Colville]], 24 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 371.</ref>
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Revision as of 18:15, 5 January 2014

H.M.S. Porpoise (1913)
Pendant Number: H.27 (1914)
H.95 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Launched: 7 Jul, 1913[3]
Sold: Mar, 1921[4]
Fate: to Brazil[5]

H.M.S. Porpoise was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Commander Hugh D. Colville.[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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 371.

Bibliography


Acasta Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Acasta Achates Ambuscade Christopher Cockatrice
Contest Shark Sparrowhawk Spitfire Lynx
  Midge Owl  
Thornycroft Specials
Hardy Paragon Porpoise Unity Victor
Other Specials
  Ardent Fortune Garland  
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