H.M.S. Adamant (1911)

H.M.S. Adamant (1911)
Pendant Number:	P.37 (1914) P.00 (Jan 1918)
Builder:	Cammell Laird
Launched:	12 Jul, 1911
Commissioned:	27 Apr, 1912
Sold:	21 Sep, 1932

H.M.S. Adamant was completed to navy order as a depot ship.

Service

Adamant served with the Eighth Submarine Flotilla at Harwich in 1914 and 1915. In mid-1915, she moved to the Mediterranean Submarine Flotilla.

At the end of 1919, she joined the Atlantic Fleet's Ninth Submarine Flotilla, being the second depot ship supporting her eight "L" class submarines.

In early 1918, she moved to become part of the British Adriatic Force.

She was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 5 January 1925 and sent to support the submarines of the Second Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.

Adamant was re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 November, 1926. She supported the Second Submarine Flotilla until at least mid-1931.

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question. Apparently, no quick sale was made, as in 1935, her bell was again one of several ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and men. It attracted a price of £1-£5, and men were to apply to win one at the fixed price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

• Lieutenant-Commander Frederick A. Sommerville, 27 April, 1912 – August, 1915  (and for duty with submarines, finally invalided)
• Acting Commander Charles G. Brodie, 6 August, 1915 – March, 1917  (and for duty with submarines)
• Commander Kenneth M. Bruce, March, 1917 – 1 March, 1918  (and for command of submarine flotilla)
• Commander Charles S. Benning, 1 March, 1918 – March, 1919  (and as Commander (S) of a submarine flotilla)
• Commander Noel F. Laurence, March, 1919 – January, 1920  (and for command of the Fifth Submarine Flotilla)
• Commander Robert B. Ramsay, January, 1920 – July, 1920
• Commander Charles de Burgh, July, 1920 – 4 November, 1920  (temporary)
• Commander Robert B. Ramsay, 4 November, 1920 – 7 July, 1921  (and for duty with submarines)
• Commander Archibald D. Cochrane, 25 June, 1921 – 11 February, 1922
• Commander Charles de Burgh, 11 February, 1922 – 30 April, 1923  (and for duty with submarines)
• Commander Philip E. Phillips, 30 April, 1923 – 29 January, 1925  (and for duty with submarines)
• Commander Frederick H. Taylor, 5 January, 1925 – 12 November, 1926  (and for duty Class I with submarines)
• Commander Edward A. Aylmer, 12 November, 1926 – 19 July, 1927  (and for duty Class I with submarines)
• Lieutenant-Commander Frank P. Busbridge, 19 July, 1927 – 23 April, 1928  (and for duty Class I with submarines)
• Commander Frank D. Morris, 23 April, 1928 – 15 April, 1929  (and for duty Class I with submarines)
• Commander Frederick H. Taylor, 16 April, 1929 – late 1929^[Inference]
• Commander John D. A. Musters, c. late 1929 – 9 February, 1931  (and for duty Class I with submarines)
• Commander Edward M. C. Barraclough, 9 February, 1931 – 22 February, 1932  (and for duty with submarines)
• Commander Philip Ruck-Keene, 22 February, 1932 – 17 May, 1932

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).