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...s flag-ship, a first-class protected cruiser, and certain second and third-class cruisers. The Board have decided to withdraw from the station the less eff ...e sea-going training ships for cadets, youths, and boys. This forms the {{UK-CS|4}}.<ref>''Redistribution of the Fleet&mdash;Arrangements Consequent on

...Signals were successfully conveyed over sixty miles, as long as only one ship was sending at a time.<ref>"The Navy." ''The Times'' (London, England), Sa ...ks of doubled antenna wires were allowing {{UK-Canopus}}, ''Hector'' and {{UK-Jaseur}} to reliably converse across twelve miles. Wireless telegraphy now

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...second-class torpedo boat carrier, but was converted to a submarine depot ship before the Great War. After serving as a torpedo depot ship in the Mediterranean, ''Vulcan'' arrived at Spithead under the command of [

...ivilian ship, ''British Crown'' purchased on the stocks for use as a depot ship. ''Hecla'' soon proved herself "a very wet ship." During one trial cruise in Bantry Bay in late 1883 the sea "made clean s

...an vessel hired as an A.M.C. in 1914, but then purchase for use as a depot ship. She re-commissioned on 1 November, 1926 for work with the {{UK-SF|4}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul27|p. 215}}

...dummy battleship ''Indomitable'' before being converted to a fleet repair ship.{{DittColl|p. 294}} ''Sandhurst'' completed conversion to a depot ship in September, 1916. She served at Scapa Flow from 1916 to 1918.{{DittColl|

'''H.M.S. ''Maidstone''''' was completed to navy order as a depot ship. Sold in 1929, her name was eventually taken by a later [[H.M.S. Maidstone ...teen [["E" Class Submarine (1912)|"E" class boats]] (in Sep 1916) of the {{UK-SF|9}}, which was part of the [[Harwich Force]].

...e under construction and completed by [[Swan Hunter]] as a destroyer depot ship. ...e through the end of the war, maintaining [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class]] and later model destroyers.{{DittColl|p. 295}}

'''H.M.S. ''Alecto''''' was completed to navy order as a depot ship. She left Sheerness for Dundee to resume duties with the {{UK-SF|7}} on 13 June, 1914.{{ToL|Movements in Home Waters|Monday, Jun 15, 1914

'''H.M.S. ''Adamant''''' was completed to navy order as a depot ship. ''Adamant'' served with the {{UK-SF|8}} at Harwich in 1914 and 1915. In mid-1915, she moved to the [[Medite

...erchant ''Spreewald'', captured in September 1914 and converted to a depot ship for use in the Royal Navy. ...'' completed conversion to a depot ship in August, 1916. She served the {{UK-SF|10}} in the Tees from 1916 to 1918.{{DittColl|p. 294}}

...''' 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 {{UK-2Pandora}} launched in 1900.

...an ship, ''Indrabarah'' purchased on the stocks in 1905 for use as a depot ship. She commissioned at Chatham on 21 December, 1922 for service with the {{UK-SF|1}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 230}}

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