H.M.S. Ranger (1895)

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H.M.S. Ranger (1895)
Pendant Number: D.1A (Sep 1915 - Apr 1917)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[2]
Ordered: 1893-94[3]
Laid down: 17 Sep, 1894[4]
Launched: 4 Oct, 1895[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1896[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Ranger was one of forty-two "A" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "27 knotter".

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  8. Trywhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  9. Trywhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  10. Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
  11. Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
  12. Chalmers. Life and Letters of David Beatty. pp. 434-435.
  13. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 16 July 1897. Issue 35257, col F, p. 5.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 365.
  15. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 365.
  16. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 210.
  17. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 210.
  18. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 397g.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 890.

Bibliography


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