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{{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={{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=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{{NLOct98|p. 297}}|end=}} | {{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={{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={{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>}} | ||
Revision as of 15:38, 2 February 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.
- Lieutenant & Commander Cecil F. Lambert, 14 January, 1896[9] – 2 March, 1896[10]
- Commander Lionel de L. Wells, 18 August, 1896[11] – 7 November, 1896[12]
- Commander Robert H. Travers, 7 November, 1896 – 10 September, 1897 (participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Lieutenant & Commander John G. Armstrong, 1 December, 1897[13] – 10 August, 1898[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander Francis E. Walters, 10 August, 1898[15][16] – 17 March, 1899[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Alan C. Bruce, mid 1902[18] (for passage home)
- Lieutenant James U. Farie, 1 August, 1902[19] – 2 September, 1902[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry R. Heathcote, 7 July, 1903 – 15 October, 1903
- Lieutenant & Commander William H. Grieve, 14 July, 1904[21] – 1904 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1904)
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur S. Chambers, 28 October, 1904 – 1 April, 1905
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93. Then known as the "Naval Construction and Armament Company".
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 263.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
- ↑ Admiralty to C.-in-C. Nore. 17 January 1906. Ship's Cover 128. f. 175.
- ↑ The First Destroyers. p. 70.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
- ↑ Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/619. f. 1383.
- ↑ Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/619. f. 1383.
- ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 160.
- ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 160.
- ↑ Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 297.
- ↑ Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ Farie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 385.
- ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
Bibliography
- Lyon, David (1996). The First Destroyers. London: Chatham Publishing. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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