HMS Acasta was one of eight A-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1920s. The ship spent most of the 1930s assigned to the Mediterranean...

name HMS Acasta, whilst another two were planned: HMS Acasta (1797) was a 40-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1797 and broken up in 1821. HMS Acasta was...

an Acasta-class destroyer launched in 1913 and sunk at the battle of Jutland in 1916. HMS Ardent (H41) was an A-class destroyer launched in 1929 and...

launched in 1807, that HMS Surveillante captured on 30 October 1809, and that was sold in 1818. HMS Achates (1912) was an Acasta-class destroyer launched...

X Y Z HMS Acasta (1912) HMS Acasta (H09) HMS Achates (1912) HMS Achates (H12) HMS Acorn (1910) MV Adelaide Star (1950) HMS Airedale (L07) HMS Alarm (1911)...

HMS Ardent was one of eight A-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1920s. The ship spent most of the 1930s assigned to the Mediterranean...

road in Ukraine HMS Acasta (H09), a 1929 British Royal Navy A class destroyer HMS H9, a 1915 British Royal Navy H class submarine HMS Rotherham (H09)...

carried. Foudroyant was laid down on 28 July 1927, launched on 24 April 1929 and commissioned on 10 October 1930. She was sunk on 1 June 1940 off Dunkirk...

of 32 feet 3 inches (9.83 m) and a draught of 12 feet 3 inches (3.73 m). Acasta was powered by a pair of Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, each driving...

attacked and sank the nearby aircraft carrier HMS Glorious with its escorting destroyers HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent. Devonshire did not rebroadcast the enemy...

HMS Keith was a B-class destroyer flotilla leader built for the Royal Navy around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was placed...

HMS Odin (N84) was an O-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by HM Dockyard at Chatham in Kent on 23 June 1927, launched on 5 May 1928...

name for North Island. The Admiralty requisitioned Aotearoa and renamed her HMS Avenger. She was completed on 14 December 1915 as an armed merchant cruiser...

to Cadiz. When he arrived on 12 January 1806, he ordered the frigate HMS Acasta to St. Kitts to arrange the required water supplies, and moved the squadron...

HMS Crescent was a C-class destroyer which was built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The ship was initially assigned to the Home Fleet, although...

HMS Basilisk was a B-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was transferred to the Home...

returning to the 3rd Flotilla. On 12 June 1934, Codrington and the destroyer Acasta collided. Both ships received minor damage, with no injuries occurring....

HMS Calcutta was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C class...

RMS Victorian HMS Kangaroo HMS Opportune HMS Prince of Wales HMS Tetcott HMS Watchman HMS Aberdeen HMS Acasta HMS Bellona HMS Bristol HMS Chelmer HMS Cockatrice...

Tromsø on this voyage, the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her two screening destroyers HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent were attacked and sunk on 8 June by...

class were sunk in World War II. Acasta and Ardent were sunk on 8 June 1940 while escorting the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious by the German battleships...

ordered from Swan Hunter on 29 March 1912. The design followed the preceding Acasta-class but with improved seakeeping properties and armament, including twice...

promoted to lieutenant commander, and as such was in command of the Acasta-class destroyer HMS Ardent in 1916 at the Battle of Jutland. The Nassau-class battleship...

Shipwrecks 1 Jun: HMS Basilisk, Foudroyant, HMS Havant, Ioanna, HMS Keith, Scotia 7 Jun: HMS Carinthia 8 Jun: HMS Acasta, HMS Ardent, HMS Glorious, HMT Juniper...

in 1864 and sold for scrap in 1906. The third was a motor ship built in 1929 and destroyed by fire in Le Havre in 1938. Chantiers et Ateliers de Provence...

way back across the North Sea, Glorious and her two escorting destroyers, Acasta and Ardent, were found by the two German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau...

Navy bought chronometers costing £19 and £16 10/- that saw service on HMS Dido and HMS Titania respectively. The Royal Navy also purchased deck watches[clarification...

1927, launched on 26 February 1929 and commissioned on 23 September 1930. Orpheus was declared overdue on 27 June 1940. "HMS Orpheus". uboat.net. Retrieved...

off Dungeness, resulting in the loss of 293 lives. HMS Paragon  Royal Navy 17 March 1917 An Acasta-class destroyer in action against eight German torpedo...

scrapped 1975 Abner Read Destroyer 2,050 5 February 1943 sunk 1 November 1944 Acasta  Royal Navy A Destroyer 1,350 11 February 1930 sunk 8 June 1940 Achates...