H.M.S. Pandora (1902)
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| H.M.S. Pandora (1902) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N.71 (1914) N.78 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Raylton Dixon[2] |
| Launched: | 5 Jul, 1902[3] |
| Mined: | 23 Nov, 1939[4] |
H.M.S. Pandora was S. S. Seti, purchased on 11 November, 1914 to serve as a depot ship in the Royal Navy. She was renamed H.M.S. Dolphin in 1924.
Note: There was also a cruiser named Pandora launched in 1900.
Service
Pandora served submarines in Harwich from the Eighth Submarine Flotilla and Ninth Submarine Flotilla from 1915 to 1918.[5]
She recommissioned on 3 January, 1921.[6]
She took the name and duties of H.M.S. Dolphin as parent ship to the submarines at Fort Blockhouse on 15 October, 1924.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Commander Fitzroy H. D. Byron, 24 May, 1919[8] – 10 August, 1919[9] (and for duty with submarines)
- Captain Victor L. A. Campbell, 27 May, 1919[10] – c. early June, 1919[Inference] (taking her from Harwich to Devonport)
- Commander Gilbert H. Kellett, December, 1920[11][12] – 24 February, 1922[13]
- Commander John G. Bower, 25 February, 1922[14] – November, 1922[15]
- Commander Charles T. A. Bunbury, 25 January, 1923[16][17] – 25 January, 1923[18] (temporary, for passage)
- Commander John F. Hutchings, 15 October, 1924[19] – 15 April, 1924[20] (and as Captain (S))
- Captain Geoffrey Layton, 31 December, 1924[21] (and as Chief Staff Officer to R/A (S) Nicholson)
- Captain Charles G. Brodie, 3 August, 1925[22] – 10 October, 1927[23] (and as Captain (S))
- Captain Robert R. Turner, 15 June, 1927[24][25] – 15 June, 1929[26] (and as Captain (S))
- Captain Reginald B. Darke, 15 June, 1929[27] – 4 August, 1931[28] (and as Captain (S))
- Captain George P. Thomson, 4 August, 1931 – 21 January, 1933 (and as Captain (S))
- Captain Frederick H. Taylor, 20 January, 1933 – 1 March, 1935 (and as Captain (S))
- Captain Cyril G. B. Coltart, 1 June, 1933 – 28 September, 1934 (and as Chief Staff Officer)
- Captain Allan Poland, 1 March, 1935[29] – 5 February, 1937[30] (and as Captain (S))
- Captain Geoffrey M. K. Keble-White, 8 February, 1937[31] (and as Captain (S))
- Captain Cyril G. B. Coltart, 11 July, 1939 – 10 December, 1939 (and as Captain (S), Fifth Submarine Flotilla)
Brodie and Layton seem to overlap each other. I am unsure about whether Coltart was in command or if that role fell to Rear-Admiral (S) Noel Frank Laurence.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 822.
- ↑ "Fleet News." The Times (London, England), Monday, September 15, 1924, Issue 43757, p.17.
- ↑ Byron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/315. f. 169.
- ↑ Byron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/315. f. 169.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
- ↑ Kellett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/204. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 822.
- ↑ Kellett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/204. f. ?.
- ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
- ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
- ↑ Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 756.
- ↑ Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
- ↑ Hutchings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 146.
- ↑ Hutchings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 146.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 231.
- ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
- ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
- ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 232.
- ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
- ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
- ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
- ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
- ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 231.
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).
