H.M.S. Maidstone (1912)

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H.M.S. Maidstone (1912)
Pendant Number: P.39 (1914)
P.4A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Launched: 29 Apr, 1912[3]
Commissioned: 15 Oct, 1912[4]
Sold: 31 Aug, 1929[5]

H.M.S. Maidstone was completed to navy order as a depot ship. Sold in 1929, her name was eventually taken by a later Maidstone launched in 1937.

Service

Maidstone commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 October, 1912[6] and served with submarines at Harwich throughout the war.[7]

In mid-1927, she was supporting the Second Submarine Flotilla out of Devonport.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 253.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 253.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 253.
  9. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 342.
  10. Brandt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 225.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395z.
  12. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  13. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  14. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  15. Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
  16. Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
  17. Candy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/279. f. 279.
  18. Candy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/279. f. 279.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 805.
  20. Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  21. Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 780.
  23. Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
  24. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 253.
  25. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  26. Superseded that day. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 253.
  28. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  29. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.

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).