H.M.S. Rother (1904)

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H.M.S. Rother (1904)
Pendant Number: N.32 (1914)
D.29 (Sep 1915)
D.73 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: Purchased
Laid down: 23 Mar, 1903[3]
Launched: 5 Jan, 1904[4]
Completed: May, 1905[5]
Commissioned: May, 1905[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

H.M.S. Rother was one of the Royal Navy's thirty-six "River" class destroyers.

Service

Rother was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander R. G. Gregory in H.M.S. Spitfire.[8]

In 1910, Rother was part of the First Destroyer Flotilla, operating as part of the First Division, Home Fleet.

In mid-1913, active with Ninth Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[9] She remained with 9 D.F. until going to join the Portsmouth Defence Flotilla in April, 1915.

In August, 1917 Rother moved to join the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Rear-Admiral commanding the East Coast of England.

In January, 1918, she moved to join the First Destroyer Flotilla under command of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

By May 1919, Rother was among 33 obsolete ships awaiting sale.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  8. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 368.
  10. The Navy List. (May, 1919). pp. 1105, 1105b.
  11. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 369.
  12. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 368.
  13. Hyde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/97. f. 51.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 368.
  15. Hyde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/97. f. 51.
  16. Allsup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/169. f. 170.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 368.
  18. Allsup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/169. f. 170.
  19. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 368.
  20. Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
  21. Hornell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/435. f. 437.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 368.
  23. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  24. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 280.
  25. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397l-r.
  26. Legh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/430. f. 430.
  27. Legh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/430. f. 430.
  28. Hawkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/221. f. 222.
  29. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 397p.
  30. Hawkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/221. f. 222.
  31. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397p.
  32. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 898.
  33. Lingen-Burton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/141. f. 141. The month has two digits but is too faded to read.
  34. Lyness Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/225. f. 225.
  35. Lyness Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/225. f. 225.

Bibliography


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