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HMS Spitfire (1912)

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Construction
Service during First World War
Battle of Jutland Assistance to the hospital ship Rhodesia
Disposal
Pennant numbers
References

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HMS Spitfire was an {{sclass-|Acasta|destroyer|0}} destroyer of the Royal Navy which took part in the battle of Jutland in 1916.

Construction

She was launched on 23 December 1912 from the Wallsend yard of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson and joined the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.^[1]

Service during First World War

From the beginning of the First World War, Spitfire and her flotilla were attached to the Grand Fleet.^[1]

Battle of Jutland

Amongst the small engagements which happened during the night of 31 May–1 June 1916 during the Battle of Jutland was one between Spitfire and the German battleship {{SMS|Nassau||2}}. Spitfire evaded an attempt by Nassau to ram her, but the two ships nevertheless collided and Spitfire was seriously damaged, blast from Nassau{{'}}s guns demolishing much of her upperworks, but she ripped off a {{convert|20|ft|m}} section of the German ship's side plating. Both ships survived to return to port.^[1]

Assistance to the hospital ship Rhodesia

Spitfire helped in the rescue of survivors from the hospital/evacuation ship Rhodesia (formerly the Union Castle liner {{ship|SS|Galway Castle|1911|2}}) which was torpedoed 160 miles off Fastnet by the German submarine {{ship|SM|U-82||2}} on 12 September 1918.

Disposal

Spitfire was sold to Thos W Ward shipbreakers^[4] for scrapping on 9 May 1921.^[2]

Pennant numbers

Pennant Number^[3]	From	To
H41	6 December 1914	1 January 1918
H1A	1 January 1918	Early 1919
H85	Early 1919	9 May 1921

References

1. ^The Grand Fleet; Warship Design and Development 1906-1922, D K Brown, 1999, Chatham Publishing, {{ISBN|1-86176-099-X}}
2. ^¹²{{cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/destroyers_before_1900.htm|title=Destroyers before 1918 at Battleships-Cruisers website|accessdate=2011-03-18}}
3. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.gwpda.org/naval/s0450000.htm|title="Arrowsmith" List: Royal Navy WWI Destroyer Pendant Numbers|accessdate=2008-07-01}}

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