H.M.S. Odin (1901)
| H.M.S. Odin (1901) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Sheerness DYd[1] |
| Laid down: | 1901[2] |
| Launched: | 30 Nov, 1901[3] |
| Completed: | 1902[4] |
| Commissioned: | 8 Jan, 1903[5] |
| Sold: | 12 Nov, 1920[6] |
| Fate: | at Bombay |
H.M.S. Odin was one of six Cadmus Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
We are fortunate to have the personal logbook of John Stuart Munro, who served in Odin's Mess No. 12 from her commissioning in January 1903 until October 1904, received in the mail on 15 April, 2024. Unattributed sections of this history in this period are sourced from its pages.
The sloop left Chatham for Sheerness at 8am on 8 January 1903 and transited to Sheerness in a fog. The ship was commissioned at Sheerness at 9am that same morning for the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station. She spent three days in Sheerness Dock and was provisioned, powdered and coaled at a buoy from the 12th to the 14th.
On 16 January 1903, Admiral Markham inspected the ship and presented her with a silver cup to be competed for by her gun's crews. He was photographed with the ship's company.
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Odin arrived at Colombo on 29 September, 1913 under the command of William Mellor.[7]
She re-commissioned at Muscat on 7 March, 1914.[8]
Captains
- Commander Henry L. D. Pearce, 8 January, 1903[9] – 9 November, 1904
- Commander Frederic H. Walter, 11 January, 1910[10] – 26 February, 1912
- Commander William Mellor, 27 February, 1912[11] – 27 February, 1914
- Captain Cathcart R. Wason, 7 March, 1914[12] – January, 1917
- Acting Commander Edwin M. Palmer, 15 January, 1917[13] – 18 May, 1917[14]
- Commander James S. C. Salmond, 6 April, 1917[15][16] – 13 January, 1919[17]
- Acting Commander Henry L. M. Coxon, 4 November, 1918 – c. December, 1918 (temporary, while Salmond goes to Suez)
- Commander Gilbert G. P. Hewett, 8 February, 1919[18] – 11 August, 1919
- Commander (I Gr.) Vivian R. Brandon, February, 1920 – 24 September, 1920
See Also
- Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net January 1914 to September 1920
- Wikipedia
- Personal Logbook of H.M.S. Odin, 1903-04
Footnotes
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 351.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 01, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40331.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396g.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 367.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 367.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 854a.
- ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
- ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 11 Feb. 1919, p. 4.
Bibliography
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