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On 30 August 1912 the
Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter 'A'. Since her design speed was 30 knots and she had two funnels she was assigned to the D class. After 30 September 1913, she was known as a D-class destroyer and had the
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on the River Thames. She was launched on 25 November 1897. During her builder's trials her maximum average speed was 30.3 knots (56.1 km/h), then proceeded to
Portsmouth to have her armament fitted. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in January 1899. During her acceptance
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ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval
Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name. She was launched in 1897, served in home waters before World War I, and as a tender to the gunnery school at Sheerness during the war. She was sold for breaking in 1920.
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She was lost on 7 March 1916 at the entrance to Black Deep off the East Coast near
Harwich after striking a mine laid by the German submarine
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811:
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1423:
1085:
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After commissioning she was assigned to the
Chatham Division of the Harwich Flotilla, and from 1899 she was part of the
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435:, the gunnery school. She remained in this deployment for the duration of the First World War until her loss.
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August 1914 found her in active commission at The Nore Local
Flotilla based at Sheerness tendered to HMS
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1325:
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letter "D" painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel.
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Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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was appointed in command after he arrived at Malta in late
September 1902.
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was appointed in command on 31 August 1900. In May 1902 she served in the
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1206:
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951:
Two-funnel, 30-knotter torpedo boat destroyers (reclassified in 1912 as
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1226:
716:""Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class"
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375:, to which Lieutenant Beaty-Pownell and the crew also transferred.
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She was laid down as yard number 319 on 8 June 1896 at the
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1,310 nmi (2,430 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
449:. She sank in the North Sea at an approximate position of
368:. She was replaced in the flotilla on 26 February 1900 by
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Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979).
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trials and work ups her average sea speed was 25 knots.
596:. No. 36075. London. 26 February 1900. p. 11.
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Instructional Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant
641:. No. 36867. London. 8 September 1902. p. 8.
581:. No. 36052. London. 30 January 1900. p. 11.
386:, and was involved in a collision with the destroyer
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Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1906 to 1922
611:. No. 36224. London. 18 August 1900. p. 8.
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821:Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
626:. No. 36769. London. 16 May 1902. p. 11.
823:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
742:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
1434:Ships built by John I. Thornycroft & Company
1139:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1916
480:(about 10 nautical miles (19 km) East of
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768:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
8:
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842:Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898
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1429:World War I shipwrecks in the North Sea
783:Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972).
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275:L/40 gun on a P Mark I low angle mount
27:
806:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
637:"Naval & Military intelligence".
622:"Naval & Military intelligence".
607:"Naval & Military intelligence".
592:"Naval & Military intelligence".
577:"Naval & Military intelligence".
548:Jane’s All the World's Fighting Ships
417:Sir Douglas Egremont Robert Brownrigg
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7:
1100:List of destroyers of the Royal Navy
851:Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I
565:Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I
169:352 long tons (358 t) full load
484:) with the loss of 22 crewmembers.
166:270 long tons (274 t) standard
190:19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
20:For other ships of this name, see
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825:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
744:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
396:stove in. After repairs, she was
198:7 ft 8 in (2.34 m)
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669:at the Naval Database website"
340:John I Thornycroft and Company
222:2 × vertical triple-expansion
206:5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
1:
787:. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan.
282:on a Mark I* low angle mount
891:. London: Putnam & Co.
872:. London: Caxton Editions.
695:"Loss data from U-Boat.net"
366:Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall
273:QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I
84:1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
16:Destroyer of the Royal Navy
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1419:Maritime incidents in 1916
908:. London: Seeley Service.
785:British Warships 1914–1919
291:18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes
1414:D-class destroyers (1913)
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802:Friedman, Norman (2009).
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238:30 kn (56 km/h)
142:
51:
30:
904:March, Edgar J. (1966).
179:210 ft (64 m)
143:General characteristics
1404:Ships built in Chiswick
887:Manning, T. D. (1961).
849:Jane, Fred T. (1990) .
840:Jane, Fred T. (1969) .
762:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
280:QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 gun
889:The British Destroyer
868:Lyon, David (2001) .
853:. Jane’s Publishing.
380:Michael Culme-Seymour
1157:Príncipe de Asturias
870:The First Destroyers
1424:Ships sunk by mines
1057:Thornycroft 1897-98
1025:Thornycroft 1896-97
1000:Thornycroft 1895-96
961:Thornycroft 1894-95
675:on 17 December 2013
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409:Mediterranean Fleet
392:, when she had her
324:two funnel, 30-knot
261:65 officers and men
152:Two-funnel, 30-knot
138:Mined, 7 March 1916
953:D-class destroyers
654:(1985), pp. 17–19.
218:water tube boilers
93:John I Thornycroft
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813:978-1-84832-049-9
775:978-1-86176-281-8
550:(1898), pp.84–85.
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248:80 tons coal
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122:25 November 1897
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351:Service history
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203:Installed power
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1115:
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1078:Preceded by:
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832:0-85177-245-5
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473:51.750; 1.500
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384:Mediterranean
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356:Early service
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342:shipyard at
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334:Construction
318:
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161:Displacement
130:January 1899
127:Commissioned
74:
44:
37:
23:HMS Coquette
21:
18:
1238:Minneapolis
1086:River-class
523:7 Mar 1916
512:1 Sep 1915
471: /
427:World War I
310:1914 – 1918
308:World War I
304:Operations:
285:2 × single
114:8 June 1896
103:Yard number
1409:1897 ships
1398:Categories
1385:April 1916
1146:Shipwrecks
530:References
520:1 Sep 1915
509:6 Dec 1914
413:depot ship
411:destroyer
378:Commander
258:Complement
211:Propulsion
1337:HMS
1328:Undaunted
1326:HMS
1315:Cleopatra
1313:HMS
1281:HMS
1260:SMS
1253:SMS
1180:HMS
1173:HMS
1166:HMS
1089:destroyer
969:Desperate
914:164893555
639:The Times
624:The Times
609:The Times
594:The Times
579:The Times
402:HMS
370:HMS
327:destroyer
155:destroyer
111:Laid down
1339:Laverock
1335:25 Mar:
1311:24 Mar:
1272:Portugal
1269:30 Mar:
1245:26 Mar:
1235:23 Mar:
1225:22 Mar:
1218:Renaudin
1215:18 Mar:
1202:Tubantia
1199:16 Mar:
1189:12 Mar:
1175:Coquette
1033:Coquette
667:Coquette
389:Thrasher
372:Spitfire
344:Chiswick
319:Coquette
266:Armament
228:2 shafts
119:Launched
97:Chiswick
75:Coquette
38:Coquette
1304:Noordam
1301:3 Mar:
1164:7 Mar:
1154:5 Mar:
1080:C class
1047:Cynthia
990:Mallard
897:6470051
700:20 June
679:20 June
459:01°30′E
456:51°45′N
433:Actaeon
195:Draught
89:Builder
81:Ordered
52:History
45:Cynthia
1321:Sussex
1248:Tabora
1192:Seyyar
1040:Cygnet
1008:Angler
912:
895:
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857:
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748:
721:1 June
407:, the
398:tender
362:Medway
322:was a
176:Length
1208:UC-12
1182:TB 11
1015:Ariel
665:"HMS
446:UC-10
404:Orion
287:tubes
243:Range
235:Speed
41:'
1368:1917
1360:1916
1352:1915
1262:G194
1228:U-68
1065:Stag
983:Foam
976:Fame
910:OCLC
893:OCLC
874:ISBN
855:ISBN
827:ISBN
808:ISBN
789:ISBN
770:ISBN
746:ISBN
723:2013
702:2013
681:2013
498:From
439:Loss
394:bows
317:HMS
289:for
278:5 ×
271:1 ×
187:Beam
135:Fate
71:Name
1283:E24
1255:S22
517:D37
506:N21
501:To
400:to
181:o/a
106:319
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