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==Service==
 
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In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Third Division of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]'s Destroyer Flotilla.{{NLNov05|pp. 267, 269}}
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1904 proved a hazardous year for the destroyer.  In early 1904 while under the command of Lt. [[Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson]], ''Vixen''  collided with a picket boat from {{UK-Edgar}}, which resulted in the loss of two lives and damage to the destroyer.  This precipitated the Admiralty's severe displeasure.  A second collision in March 1904 with the {{UK-Osprey|f=t}} drew a similar rebuke.<ref>Spicer-Simson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/248.|}} f. 221.</ref>
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Also in approximately 1904, ''Vixen'' was in a collision with {{UK-1Skate}}.
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In late 1905, ''Vixen'' was one of eight destroyers in the Third Division of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]'s Destroyer Flotilla.{{NLNov05|pp. 267, 269}}
  
 
On 8 September 1908, ''Vixen'' sank the steam yacht ''Parole'' in Troon Harbour, seemingly through collision.  Lieutenant and Commander [[Frank O'Brien Wilson]] was found guilty of an error in judgment in attempting to turn around without warps in such a narrow area.
 
On 8 September 1908, ''Vixen'' sank the steam yacht ''Parole'' in Troon Harbour, seemingly through collision.  Lieutenant and Commander [[Frank O'Brien Wilson]] was found guilty of an error in judgment in attempting to turn around without warps in such a narrow area.
  
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In mid-1913, she was in the {{UK-DF|7}} &mdash; a patrol flotilla operating out of Devonport.{{NLJul13|p. 394''a''}}
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In mid-1913, ''Vixen'' was in the {{UK-DF|7}} &mdash; a patrol flotilla operating out of Devonport.{{NLJul13|p. 394''a''}}
  
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After completing a retubing refit, she was commissioned at Sheerness by [[Ernest Hamlyn Bannister Williams]] on 16 January, 1914 for service with the {{UK-DF|7}}.{{NMI|Saturday, Jan 17, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40423}}
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After completing a retubing refit, she was commissioned at Sheerness by [[Ernest Hamblin Bannister Williams]] on 16 January, 1914 for service with the {{UK-DF|7}}.{{NMI|Saturday, Jan 17, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40423}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Ewer Cundall|nick=Charles E. Cundall|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.</ref>|end=18 August, 1903|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Ewer Cundall|nick=Charles E. Cundall|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.</ref>|end=18 August, 1903|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson|nick=Geoffrey B. Spicer-Simson|appt=27 February, 1904|end=5 April, 1904}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson|nick=Geoffrey B. Spicer-Simson|appt=27 February, 1904|end=5 April, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Leslie Thorpe-Doubble|nick=Thomas L. Thorpe-Doubble|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Leslie Thorpe-Doubble|nick=Thomas L. Thorpe-Doubble|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=c. September, 1904|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Neston William Diggle|nick=Neston W. Diggle|appt=7 September, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 396}}|end=4 January, 1905}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Neston William Diggle|nick=Neston W. Diggle|appt=7 September, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 396}}|end=4 January, 1905}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Plunkett England|nick=George P. England|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>|end=5 January, 1906<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Plunkett England|nick=George P. England|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>|end=5 January, 1906<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 327.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry de Beauvoir Tupper|nick=Henry de B. Tupper|appt=28 May, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 395''a''}}|end=30 May, 1912}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry de Beauvoir Tupper|nick=Henry de B. Tupper|appt=28 May, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 395''a''}}|end=30 May, 1912}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=15 June, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 394}}<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=15 July, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=and for command of reduced T.B.Ds. of {{UK-DF|7}}, temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=15 June, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 394}}<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=15 July, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=and for command of reduced T.B.Ds. of {{UK-DF|7}}, temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernest Hamlyn Bannister Williams|nick=Ernest H. B. Williams|appt=29 December, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 395''a''}}|end=1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernest Hamblin Bannister Williams|nick=Ernest H. B. Williams|appt=6 January, 1914<ref>Williams Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/123.|}} f. 528[?].</ref>|end=8 September, 1914<ref>Williams Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/123.|}} f. 528[?].</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Allan Gregory|nick=John A. Gregory|appt=10 September, 1914<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/53.|D7602841}} f. 61.</ref>{{NLJan15|p. 396}}|end=17 January, 1915<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/53.|D7602841}} f. 61.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Allan Gregory|nick=John A. Gregory|appt=10 September, 1914<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/53.|D7602841}} f. 61.</ref>{{NLJan15|p. 396}}|end=17 January, 1915<ref>Gregory Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/53.|D7602841}} f. 61.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Basil Wilberforce Longmore Owen|nick=Basil W. L. Owen|appt=17 January, 1915<ref>Owen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/219.|D7604631}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 399''f''}}|end=26 October, 1915<ref>Owen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/219.|D7604631}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Basil Wilberforce Longmore Owen|nick=Basil W. L. Owen|appt=17 January, 1915<ref>Owen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/219.|D7604631}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 399''f''}}|end=26 October, 1915<ref>Owen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/219.|D7604631}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Herbert Bartholomew Donovan|nick=Herbert B. Donovan|appt=22 June, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 399''c''}}|end=1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=George Levack Mackay Napier|nick=George L. M. Napier|appt=25 December, 1915<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/152/49.|}} f. 250.</ref>|end=2 June, 1916<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/152/49.|}} f. 250.</ref>|note=temporary; start month conceivably October, end month conceivably January}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. in Command|name=Charles Frederick Brown|nick=Charles F. Brown|appt=10 December, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 940}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Herbert Bartholomew Donovan|nick=Herbert B. Donovan|appt=22 June, 1916<ref>Donovan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/57/172.|}} f. 173.</ref>{{NLAug17|p. 399''c''}}|end=31 July, 1917<ref>Donovan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/57/172.|}} f. 173.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R.|name=Leonard Ernest Fordham|nick=Leonard E. Fordham|appt=28 August, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 940}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. in Command|name=Charles Frederick Brown|nick=Charles F. Brown|appt=10 December, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 940}}|end=5 January, 1919<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/161.|}} f. 161.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRNR}} (in Command?)|name=Leonard Ernest Fordham|nick=Leonard E. Fordham|appt=28 August, 1918<ref>Fordham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/59/108.|}} f. 108.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 940}}|end=26 March, 1919<ref>Fordham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/59/108.|}} f. 108.</ref>}}
 
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H.M.S. Vixen (1900)
Pendant Number: D.44 (1914)
D.74 (Sep 1915)
D.95 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 7 Sep, 1899[4]
Launched: 29 Mar, 1900[5]
Commissioned: Mar, 1902[6]
Broken up: 1921[7]

H.M.S. Vixen was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

1904 proved a hazardous year for the destroyer. In early 1904 while under the command of Lt. Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson, Vixen collided with a picket boat from Edgar, which resulted in the loss of two lives and damage to the destroyer. This precipitated the Admiralty's severe displeasure. A second collision in March 1904 with the destroyer Osprey drew a similar rebuke.[8]

Also in approximately 1904, Vixen was in a collision with Skate.

In late 1905, Vixen was one of eight destroyers in the Third Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

On 8 September 1908, Vixen sank the steam yacht Parole in Troon Harbour, seemingly through collision. Lieutenant and Commander Frank O'Brien Wilson was found guilty of an error in judgment in attempting to turn around without warps in such a narrow area.

In mid-1913, Vixen was in the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla operating out of Devonport.[10]

After completing a retubing refit, she was commissioned at Sheerness by Ernest Hamblin Bannister Williams on 16 January, 1914 for service with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  8. ↑ Spicer-Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/248. f. 221.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394a.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 17, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40423.
  12. ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  13. ↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  14. ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  15. ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 396.
  17. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  18. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  19. ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  20. ↑ Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 395a.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 395a.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 395a.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
  25. ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  26. ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  27. ↑ Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/123. f. 528[?].
  28. ↑ Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/123. f. 528[?].
  29. ↑ Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 396.
  31. ↑ Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
  32. ↑ Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/219. f. ?.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399f.
  34. ↑ Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/219. f. ?.
  35. ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/49. f. 250.
  36. ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/49. f. 250.
  37. ↑ Donovan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/172. f. 173.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399c.
  39. ↑ Donovan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/172. f. 173.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 940.
  41. ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/161. f. 161.
  42. ↑ Fordham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/59/108. f. 108.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 940.
  44. ↑ Fordham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/59/108. f. 108.

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