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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles John Graves-Sawle, Fourth Baronet|nick=Charles J. Graves-Sawle|appt=1 May, 1900<ref>Graves-Sawle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 551.</ref>|ass=15 July, 1900<ref>Graves-Sawle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 551.</ref>|end=4 March, 1902<ref>Graves-Sawle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 551.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles John Graves-Sawle, Fourth Baronet|nick=Charles J. Graves-Sawle|appt=1 May, 1900<ref>Graves-Sawle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 551.</ref>|ass=15 July, 1900<ref>Graves-Sawle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 551.</ref>|end=4 March, 1902<ref>Graves-Sawle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 551.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Grant Fraser|nick=Robert G. Fraser|appt=3 December, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 286}}|end=5 November, 1904<ref>Goodrich Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.|D7589442}} f. 537.</ref><ref>Fraser Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 95.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Grant Fraser|nick=Robert G. Fraser|appt=3 December, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 286}}|end=5 November, 1904<ref>Goodrich Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.|D7589442}} f. 537.</ref><ref>Fraser Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 95.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 18:24, 3 November 2017
| 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] – before 7 March, 1893[12]
- Captain Frederick S. Inglefield, 2 January, 1896[13] – 4 May, 1897[14]
- Captain Frank H. Henderson, 5 May, 1897[15] – 12 August, 1897[16]
- Captain Robert A. J. Montgomerie, 3 March, 1898[17] – 31 May, 1900[18]
- Captain Arthur H. Smith-Dorrien, 18 April, 1900 – 15 July, 1900 (initially as acting Captain)
- Captain Charles J. Graves-Sawle, 1 May, 1900[19] – 4 March, 1902[20]
- Captain Robert G. Fraser, 3 December, 1903[21] – 5 November, 1904[22][23]
- Captain James E. C. Goodrich, 5 November, 1904[24] – 19 March, 1905[25]
- Captain Henry H. Torlesse, 1 May, 1905[26] – 7 May, 1906[27]
- Captain Frank Brandt, 2 April, 1907[28] – 17 November, 1909[29] (and for duty with S/Ms and in command of S/M flotilla)
- Commander Albert P. Addison, 17 November, 1909[30] – 1910 (and for duty with S/Ms and in command of the Portsmouth Seagoing Flotilla)
- Captain Frank Brandt, 14 November, 1910[31][32] – June, 1912[33] (and for duty with S/Ms and in command of Portsmouth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Stanley L. Willis, 15 October, 1912[34] – 21 October, 1915 (and for Submarines)
- Captain Leonard A. B. Donaldson, 21 October, 1915[35] – 20 June, 1916[36] (and in command of the Sixth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Malcolm K. de M. Burgess, 20 June, 1916[37] (and in command of the Sixth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Noel F. Laurence, October, 1918[38][39] – March, 1919[40] (and in command of Submarine flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles de Burgh, 5 March, 1919[41] – 10 August, 1919[42]
- Lieutenant Aubrey C. Bertie, 6 March, 1919[43] – August, 1919[Fact Check] (for Submarines and in command of Submarine flotilla)
- Commander Fitzroy H. D. Byron, 10 August, 1919[44][45] – 4 October, 1919[46] (and for duty with submarines)
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.
- ↑ Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
- ↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 199.
- ↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 199.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
- ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
- ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
- ↑ Graves-Sawle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 551.
- ↑ Graves-Sawle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 551.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 286.
- ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 537.
- ↑ Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 95.
- ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 537.
- ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 537.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 285.
- ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1314.
- ↑ Brandt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 225.
- ↑ Brandt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 225.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 286.
- ↑ Brandt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 225.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 286.
- ↑ Brandt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 225.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 744.
- ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
- ↑ de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
- ↑ de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 744.
- ↑ Byron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/315. f. 169.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 744.
- ↑ Byron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/315. f. 169.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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