H.M.S. Lennox (1914)

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H.M.S. Lennox (1914)
Pendant Number: H.95 (1914)
H.55 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Beardmore & Company[2]
Launched: 17 Mar, 1914[3]
Completed: Jul, 1914[4]
Sold: Oct, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Lennox was one of twenty-two destroyers of the Laforey class.

Service

On 17 October, 1914, Lennox was one of four destroyers of the Third Destroyer Flotilla Captain Cecil H. Fox in the Undaunted led in the Battle off Texel, where the British succeeded in destroying an inferior force of four torpedo boats.

On 10 March, 1916, Lennox collided with Miranda. Miranda's Lt. Cdr. Crohan was blamed for the accident and was told to be more careful in future.

On 22 April 1917 Lennox was in another collision, this time with Ariel. Ariel's Cdr. Reinold received the Admiralty's displeasure for having left the bridge in the hands of an inexperienced officer on watch.[6]

The ship was reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 26 December, 1919.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  6. Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/7. f. 410.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 801.
  8. Dane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/34. f. ?.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395j.
  10. Dane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/34. f. ?.
  11. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395uu.
  13. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  14. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395a.
  15. Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/275. f. 290.
  16. Adam Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/275. f. 290.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 830.
  18. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  19. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.

Bibliography


Laforey Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Llewellyn Lennox Loyal Legion Laforey
Lawford Louis Lydiard Laertes Lysander
  Lance Lookout  
White 2-Funnelled Type
  Laurel Liberty  
Yarrow 2-Funnelled Type
  Lark Landrail Laverock Linnet  
War Emergency Repeat "L" Class
  Lochinvar Lassoo Leonidas Lucifer  
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