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H.M.S. Rosario (1898) | |
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Pendant Number: | unknown[1] |
Builder: | Sheerness DYd[2] |
Laid down: | 1 January, 1898[3] |
Launched: | 17 December, 1898[4] |
Completed: | May 1899[5] |
Commissioned: | 20 March, 1900[6] |
Sold: | 11 November, 1921[7] |
Fate: | at Hong Kong |
H.M.S. Rosario was completed as a sloop, but was converted to a submarine depot ship before the Great War.
Service
Rosario was commissioned at Sheerness on 20 March, 1900 for service on the China Station, Commander Claud A. W. Hamilton in command.[8]
Rosario converted to a depot ship in 1910.[9]
She served with submarines based in Hong Kong during the war, and was sold there for breaking up on 11 November, 1921.[10][11]
Armament
As Completed
- six 4-inch QF BL Mk III
- four 3-pounders
Depot Ship
- four 3-pounders
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Claud A. W. Hamilton, 20 March, 1900[15]
- Commander Thomas Jackson, 15 May, 1903[16]
- Lieutenant & Commander Nicholas E. Archdale, 24 April, 1911[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis A. N. Cromie, 5 November, 1913[18]
- Flag Captain Frederic C. Fisher, 30 July, 1917[19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 299a.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 299a.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 60.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 377a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 299a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 270.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 377a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 857.
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).
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1861760329. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).