H.M.S. P48 (1917)

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H.M.S. P48 (1917)
Builder: J. Readhead & Sons[1]
Ordered: Mar 1916[2]
Launched: 5 Sep, 1917[3]
Sold: May, 1923[4]

H.M.S. P48 was one of forty-four "P" class patrol boats built for the Royal Navy.

Service

In January, 1919, she was one of 13 "P" and "PC" boats allocated to mine clearance officers working out of Devonport. She was assigned to Area 4.[5] She was one of eight such boats that kept at the task longer than most, being still at work in July, though her whereabouts may have changed in the interim.[6]

Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 5 March, 1920.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 96.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 96.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 98.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 96.
  5. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 17.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 15.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 821.
  8. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  9. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  10. Bittleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/155. f. 155.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 858.
  12. Bittleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/155. f. 155.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 821.
  14. Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/23. f. 23.
  15. Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/23. f. 23.

Bibliography


"P" Class Patrol Boat
May 1915 Order
P11 P12 P13 P14 P15
P16 P17 P18 P19 P20
P21 P22 P23 P24 P25
P26 P27 P28 P29 P30
  P31 P32 P33 P34  
February 1916 Order
  P35 P36 P37  
  P38 P39 P40  
March 1916 Order
P41 P45 P46 P47 P48
P49 P50 P52 P53 P54
April-May 1916 Order
  P57 P58 P59  
June 1916 Order
  P64  
<– Insect Class Small Fry (UK) "PC" Class –>