H.M.S. Vixen (1900)

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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

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Third Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

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, she was in the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla operating out of Devonport.[9]

After completing a retubing refit, she was commissioned at Sheerness by Ernest Hamlyn Bannister Williams on 16 January, 1914 for service with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

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. The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394a.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 17, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40423.
  11. Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  12. Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  13. "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  14. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 396.
  16. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  17. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  18. Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  19. Prentis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/118. f. 130.
  20. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 395a.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 395a.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 395a.
  23. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
  24. Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  25. Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  26. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 395a.
  27. Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 396.
  29. Gregory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/53. f. 61.
  30. Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/219. f. ?.
  31. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399f.
  32. Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/219. f. ?.
  33. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399c.
  34. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 940.
  35. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 940.

Bibliography


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