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− | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''W 4''''' was one of | + | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''W 4''''' was one of four [["W" Class Submarine (1914)|"W" class submarines]] built by [[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]] andgiven to Italy in August, 1916. |
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+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | Paid off for the first time on 7 August, 1916<ref>Richardson Service Record.</ref> as she transferred into Italian service as ''W 4''.{{Conways1906|p. 277}} | ||
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+ | In Italian hands, ''W 4'' was lost between 4 and 6 August 1917, perhaps to an Austrian mine off Cape Rodoni.{{Conways1906|p. 277}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
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+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Reynard Richardson|nick=William R. Richardson|appt=1 April, 1916|end=7 August, 1916|note=hereafter, in Italian Service|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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H.M.S. W 4 (1915) | |
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Pendant Number: | I.9A (1914) W.4 (mid 1915)[1] |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[2] |
Ordered: | August, 1913[3] |
Launched: | 25 Nov, 1915[4] |
Commissioned: | Jun, 1916[5] |
to Italy: | 7 Aug, 1916[6] |
H.M.S. W 4 was one of four "W" class submarines built by Armstrong, Whitworth & Company andgiven to Italy in August, 1916.
Service
Paid off for the first time on 7 August, 1916[7] as she transferred into Italian service as W 4.[8]
In Italian hands, W 4 was lost between 4 and 6 August 1917, perhaps to an Austrian mine off Cape Rodoni.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander William R. Richardson, 1 April, 1916 – 7 August, 1916 (hereafter, in Italian Service)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 86.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 89.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 21.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 89.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 89.
- ↑ Richardson Service Record.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 277.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 277.
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