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{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Aster'' (1915)|fate2=
|fatedate=4 Jul, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 94}}
|order=Jan, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 94}}
|name=Aster
|launch=1 May, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 94}}
|builder=[[Earle's Shipbuilding]]{{Conways1906|p. 94}}
|fate=Mined
|pend=M.28 (Feb, 1915)<br>T.02 (Sep, 1915){{DittColl|p. 93.  The M pendants were changed to M (international) on 24 Apr 1915}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Aster''''' was one of twenty-four [[Acacia Class Sloop (1915)|''Acacia'' Class sweeping sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==
Ten men, primarily stokers and trimmers, died when ''Aster'' was mined in the Mediterranean on 4 July, 1917.{{KindellROH2|p. 373}}  Lt. Cdr. [[Gerald Lord Hodson|Hodson]], who ad been in command since February 1916, was acquitted at Court Martial for the loss.<ref>Hodson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/163.|}} f. 567.</ref>

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Aster''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Forest Dewar|nick=James F. Dewar|appt=21 May, 1915<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/88.|D7603595}} f. 88.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 392''f''}}|end=11 January, 1916<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/88.|D7603595}} f. 88.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Lord Hodson|nick=Gerald L. Hodson|appt=9 February, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 391''l''}}|end=4 July, 1917{{HepperLosses|p. 95}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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