H.M.S. Lapwing (1911)

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H.M.S. Lapwing (1911)
Pendant Number: H.56 (1914)
H.48 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 29 Jul, 1911[4]
Sold: 26 Oct, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Lapwing was one of 29 destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[6]

Service

In mid-1913, Lapwing was active with First Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

She fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the First Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Alexander H. Gye,[8] and worked at screening the Fifth Battle Squadron.

Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 23 March, 1920.[9]

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. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 338.
  8. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 47.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 800.
  10. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 337.
  11. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 345.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 828.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
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