H.M.S. Shark (1894)

H.M.S. Shark (1894)
Builder:	Thomson
Ordered:	1893-94
Laid down:	14 Feb, 1894
Launched:	22 Sep, 1894
Commissioned:	14 Jan, 1896
Broken up:	1911

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

Like many of her sisters, she was broken up before the war.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander Ernest C. T. Troubridge, 14 January, 1896 – 11 May, 1896
• Lieutenant & Commander Charles Tibbits, 10 August, 1897 – 24 August, 1897
• Lieutenant & Commander Godfrey E. Corbett, 4 September, 1899 – 1900
• Lieutenant & Commander Arthur K. Macrorie, 17 June, 1902 – 2 September, 1902  (temporary)
• Lieutenant in Command Anselan J. B. Stirling, 14 April, 1903 – 19 November, 1903
• Lieutenant in Command Lionel J. G. Anderson, 1 April, 1905 – 25 April, 1905
• Gunner in Command Walter G. Jones, 26 April, 1905
• Lieutenant & Commander Percy Johnson, April, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Benjamin W. Barrow, June, 1907 – 2 January, 1908
• Lieutenant & Commander Henry F. H. Wakefield, 2 January, 1908
• Lieutenant & Commander Valentine D. English, 16 March, 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander Dudley Stuart, 14 January, 1910 – 17 March, 1911

See Also

• Wikipedia