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| H.M.S. Bonaventure (1892) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N.41 (1914) N.11 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Ordered: | Naval Defence Act of 1889[3] |
| Launched: | 2 Dec, 1892[4] |
| Commissioned: | 5 Jul, 1894[5] |
| Sold: | 12 Apr, 1920[6] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
H.M.S. Bonaventure was completed in 1894 as one of eight Astræa class cruisers, but served as a submarine depot ship in the Great War.
Service
Bonaventure was refitted as a depôt ship by April, 1907.
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 October, 1912.[7]
In mid-1913, she was in Harwich supporting the Sixth Submarine Flotilla and Seventh Submarine Flotilla.[8]
She paid off 17 October, 1919[9] and was sold on 12 April, 1920, to the Forth Ship Breaking Company, Bo'ness.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain George A. Giffard, May, 1892[11]
- Captain Frederick S. Inglefield, 2 January, 1896[12] – 4 May, 1897[13]
- Captain Robert A. J. Montgomerie, March, 1898[14]
- Captain Charles J. Graves-Sawle, May, 1900[15]
- Captain Robert G. Fraser, November, 1903[16]
- Captain James E. C. Goodrich, 5 November, 1904[17] – 19 March, 1905[18]
- Captain Henry H. Torlesse, May, 1905[19]
- Captain Frank Brandt, April, 1907[20]
- Commander Stanley L. Willis, 15 October, 1912[21] ("for Submarines")
- Captain Leonard A. B. Donaldson, 21 October, 1915[22] – 20 June, 1916[23] (and in command of the Sixth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Malcolm K. de M. Burgess, 20 June, 1916[24]
- Commander Noel F. Laurence, October, 1918[25]
- Lieutenant Aubrey C. Bertie, 6 March, 1919[26] (for Submarines and in command of Submarine flotilla)
- Commander Fitzroy H. D. Byron, 10 August, 1919[27]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 735.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293..
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 199.
- ↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 199.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 100.
- ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 537.
- ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 537.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392l.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391v.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 744.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 744.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 744.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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