H.M.S. Crusader (1909)

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H.M.S. Crusader (1909)
Pendant Number: H.66 (1914)
D.03 (Sep 1915)
D.21 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White[2]
Ordered: 1907-08 Programme[3]
Launched: 20 Mar, 1909[4]
Completed: Oct, 1909[5]
Sold: 1920[6]

H.M.S. Crusader was one of twelve destroyers of the "Tribal" class.

Service

In 1910, she was part of the First Destroyer Flotilla, part of the First Division, Home Fleet.

In mid-1913, she was part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

While part of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, the ship was one of four of her class undergoing refit in Chatham Royal Dockyard until 8 July, 1914.[8] She served in 6 D.F. through the entire war.

Radio

In 1909, she became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  3. March. British Destroyers. p. 84.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 297.
  8. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 88 of 3 July 1914.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. Wireless Appendix, p. 25.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 298.
  11. Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 298.
  13. Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 300a.
  15. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  16. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  17. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393f.
  19. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  20. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  21. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
  22. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393f.
  23. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
  24. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
  25. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  26. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393k.
  27. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/127. f. 131.
  28. Bomford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/47. f. ?.
  29. Bomford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/47. f. ?.
  30. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 392x.
  31. Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  32. Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  33. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 770.
  34. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/143. f. 142.

Bibliography


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