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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Louis Fleet|nick=Henry L. Fleet|appt=March 21, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence". ''The Times''. Saturday, 22 March, 1902. Issue '''36722''', col B, p. 14.</ref>{{NLMay02|p. 306''a''}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Louis Fleet|nick=Henry L. Fleet|appt=March 21, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence". ''The Times''. Saturday, 22 March, 1902. Issue '''36722''', col B, p. 14.</ref>{{NLMay02|p. 306''a''}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon|nick=Reginald H. S. Bacon|appt=1 January, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 385}}|end=21 October, 1904<ref>Bacon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 262.</ref>|note=and as Inspecting Captain of Submarine Boats}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon|nick=Reginald H. S. Bacon|appt=1 January, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 385}}|end=21 October, 1904<ref>Bacon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 262.</ref>|note=and as Inspecting Captain of Submarine Boats}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edgar Lees|nick=Edgar Lees|appt=21 October, 1904{{NLDec05|p. 385}}|note=and as Inspecting Captain of Submarine Boats}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edgar Lees|nick=Edgar Lees|appt=21 October, 1904<ref>Lees Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/321.|}} f. 376.</ref>{{NLDec05|p. 385}}|end=18 April, 1906<ref>Lees Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/321.|}} f. 376.</ref>|note=and as Inspecting Captain of Submarine Boats}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Warren Johnson|nick=Robert W. Johnson|appt=18 April, 1906<ref>Johnson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/424.|D7602347}} f. 506.</ref>|end=12 November, 1906<ref>Johnson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/424.|D7602347}} f. 506.</ref>|note=and for duty in Submarine Boats}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Warren Johnson|nick=Robert W. Johnson|appt=18 April, 1906<ref>Johnson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/424.|D7602347}} f. 506.</ref>|end=12 November, 1906<ref>Johnson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/424.|D7602347}} f. 506.</ref>|note=and for duty in Submarine Boats}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Brandt|nick=Frank Brandt|appt=12 November, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 385}}<ref>Brandt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 225.</ref>|end=2 April, 1907<ref>Brandt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 225.</ref>|note=and for duty in Submarine Boats}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Brandt|nick=Frank Brandt|appt=12 November, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 385}}<ref>Brandt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 225.</ref>|end=2 April, 1907<ref>Brandt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 225.</ref>|note=and for duty in Submarine Boats}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Harcourt Davies|nick=Oswald H. Davies|appt=20 November, 1907{{NLJul09|p. 385}}|end=|note=and for Duty with Submarines and in Command of Sea-going Flotilla}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Luscombe Attenborough|nick=Frederick L. Attenborough|appt=2 April, 1907|end=20 November, 1907|note=and for Duty with Submarines and in Command of Sea-going Flotilla}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Rawdon Napier|nick=William R. Napier|appt=14 July, 1909{{NLMar11|p. 385}}<ref>Napier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 296.</ref>|end=21 November, 1911<ref>Napier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 296.</ref>|note= | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Harcourt Davies|nick=Oswald H. Davies|appt=20 November, 1907<ref>Davies Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/408.|}} f. 410.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 385}}|end=14 July, 1909<ref>Davies Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/408.|}} f. 410.</ref>|note=and for Duty with Submarines and in Command of Sea-going Flotilla}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Rawdon Napier|nick=William R. Napier|appt=14 July, 1909{{NLMar11|p. 385}}<ref>Napier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 296.</ref>|end=21 November, 1911<ref>Napier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 296.</ref>|note=for duty with Submarines and in Command of Flotilla}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Robinson Palmer|nick=Alexander R. Palmer|appt=23 November, 1911<ref>Palmer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/46.|D7603298}} f. 46.</ref>{{NLJan12|p. 385}}|end=12 January, 1912<ref>Palmer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/46.|D7603298}} f. 46.</ref>|note=for duty with Submarines and in Command of Flotilla}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Robinson Palmer|nick=Alexander R. Palmer|appt=23 November, 1911<ref>Palmer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/46.|D7603298}} f. 46.</ref>{{NLJan12|p. 385}}|end=12 January, 1912<ref>Palmer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/46.|D7603298}} f. 46.</ref>|note=for duty with Submarines and in Command of Flotilla}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stanley Lyte Willis|nick=Stanley L. Willis|appt=12 January, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 385}}|end=15 October, 1912|note=and for duty with Submarines and in Command of Seagoing Flotilla}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stanley Lyte Willis|nick=Stanley L. Willis|appt=12 January, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 385}}|end=15 October, 1912|note=and for duty with Submarines and in Command of Seagoing Flotilla}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} (retired)|name=Charles Wilfrid Lindley Meynell|nick=Charles W. L. Meynell|appt=6 September, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 398''i''}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} (retired)|name=Charles Wilfrid Lindley Meynell|nick=Charles W. L. Meynell|appt=6 September, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 398''i''}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Dale Gill|nick=Henry D. Gill|appt=20 April, 1917<ref>Gill Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/72.|D7604484}} f. 207.</ref>|end=5 September, 1917<ref>Gill Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/72.|D7604484}} f. 207.</ref>|note=and for command of {{UK-SF|5}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Dale Gill|nick=Henry D. Gill|appt=20 April, 1917<ref>Gill Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/72.|D7604484}} f. 207.</ref>|end=5 September, 1917<ref>Gill Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/72.|D7604484}} f. 207.</ref>|note=and for command of {{UK-SF|5}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Dale Gill|nick=Henry D. Gill|appt= | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Dale Gill|nick=Henry D. Gill|appt=24 November, 1917<ref>Gill Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/72.|D7604484}} f. 207.</ref>|end=7 May, 1919<ref>Gill Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/72.|D7604484}} f. 207.</ref>|note=and in Charge of [[Periscope School]], and the {{UK-SF|6}} from 8 October, 1918}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Stuart Benning|nick=Charles S. Benning|appt=7 May, 1919<ref>Benning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>{{NLOct19|p. 917}}|end=November, 1919<ref>Benning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>|note=and in Charge of [[Periscope School]]}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Stuart Benning|nick=Charles S. Benning|appt=7 May, 1919<ref>Benning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>{{NLOct19|p. 917}}|end=November, 1919<ref>Benning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>|note=and in Charge of [[Periscope School]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Joseph Francis Dunne|nick=Joseph F. Dunne|appt=November, 1919{{NLJan20|p. 872}}|end=|note= | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} (in Command?)|name=Joseph Francis Dunne|nick=Joseph F. Dunne|appt=November, 1919{{NLJan20|p. 872}}|end=23 December, 1919<ref>Dunne Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/14.|}} f. 14.</ref>|note=appointed to ''Thames'' on 28 June, 1919}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:43, 14 March 2022
| H.M.S. Thames (1885) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N.43 (1914) N.97 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Laid down: | 14 Apr, 1884[3] |
| Launched: | 3 Dec, 1885[4] |
| Commissioned: | 1888[5] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Thames was completed in 1888 as one of four second class protected cruisers of the Mersey class, but served in the war as a submarine depot ship.
Service
Completed conversion to a depot ship in July, 1903.[6]
In mid-1906, she was at Portsmouth, one of three depot ships minding the four "A"-class and six "B"-class boats of the Portsmouth Submarine Flotilla.[7]
During the Test Mobilisation, Thames supported the Fifth Submarine Flotilla, which was then comprised of six "C" class submarines.[8] It remained with the Flotilla when it was made part of the Nore Local Defence Flotilla at the start of the war.
In Spring, 1915, Thames received the first Attack Teacher to permit simulated submarine attacks for training men for submarine command.[9]
In July, 1917, she moved over to support three "C" boats from the Ninth Submarine Flotilla, operating as part of the Harwich Force. In November, 1917, Thames moved to join the Sixth Submarine Flotilla, operating as part of the Portsmouth Local Defence Flotilla.
In October, 1918, Thames moved to the Clyde to support the new Periscope School at Campbeltown under the command of Henry Dale Gill, who'd commanded her previously.
She paid off at the Nore on 23 December, 1919.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles B. Theobald, 4 July, 1888[11] – 28 August, 1888 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1888)
- Captain Wollaston C. Karslake, July, 1889[12] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1889, not indicated in his service record)
- Captain Wollaston C. Karslake, 22 July, 1890 – 2 September, 1890 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1890)
- Captain Robert W. Craigie, 11 July, 1893[13] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1893)
- Captain Arthur W. E. Prothero, 24 July, 1895[14][15] – 28 August, 1895[16] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1895)
- Captain Herbert A. Warren, 11 July, 1899[17][18] – 22 August, 1899[19] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1899)
- Captain Arthur C. Clarke, 16 July, 1901[20] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1901)
- Captain Henry L. Fleet, March 21, 1902[21][22]
- Captain Reginald H. S. Bacon, 1 January, 1903[23] – 21 October, 1904[24] (and as Inspecting Captain of Submarine Boats)
- Captain Edgar Lees, 21 October, 1904[25][26] – 18 April, 1906[27] (and as Inspecting Captain of Submarine Boats)
- Commander Robert W. Johnson, 18 April, 1906[28] – 12 November, 1906[29] (and for duty in Submarine Boats)
- Commander Frank Brandt, 12 November, 1906[30][31] – 2 April, 1907[32] (and for duty in Submarine Boats)
- Commander Frederick L. Attenborough, 2 April, 1907 – 20 November, 1907 (and for Duty with Submarines and in Command of Sea-going Flotilla)
- Commander Oswald H. Davies, 20 November, 1907[33][34] – 14 July, 1909[35] (and for Duty with Submarines and in Command of Sea-going Flotilla)
- Commander William R. Napier, 14 July, 1909[36][37] – 21 November, 1911[38] (for duty with Submarines and in Command of Flotilla)
- Commander Alexander R. Palmer, 23 November, 1911[39][40] – 12 January, 1912[41] (for duty with Submarines and in Command of Flotilla)
- Commander Stanley L. Willis, 12 January, 1912[42] – 15 October, 1912 (and for duty with Submarines and in Command of Seagoing Flotilla)
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles G. Brodie, 1 January, 1913[43][44] – 14 January, 1914[45]
- Commander Alexander R. Palmer, 14 January, 1914[46][47] – 10 February, 1915[48] (and in command of Fifth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander George B. Lewis, 10 February, 1915[49] – 1 November, 1915[50][51] (in command of the Fifth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Sir Charles R. Blane, early April, 1915 – late April, 1915 (for passage)
- Acting Commander Tom K. Triggs, 1 November, 1915[52] – 13 April, 1917 (in command of the Fifth Submarine Flotilla)
- Lieutenant in Command (retired) Charles W. L. Meynell, 6 September, 1917[53]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry D. Gill, 20 April, 1917[54] – 5 September, 1917[55] (and for command of Fifth Submarine Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry D. Gill, 24 November, 1917[56] – 7 May, 1919[57] (and in Charge of Periscope School, and the Sixth Submarine Flotilla from 8 October, 1918)
- Commander Charles S. Benning, 7 May, 1919[58][59] – November, 1919[60] (and in Charge of Periscope School)
- Lieutenant (in Command?) Joseph F. Dunne, November, 1919[61] – 23 December, 1919[62] (appointed to Thames on 28 June, 1919)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 270b.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. pp. 18-20.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 872.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 19 July, 1890. Issue 33068, col C, p. 12.
- ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1893. Issue 33999, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
- ↑ Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1056.
- ↑ Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 13.
- ↑ "The Naval Mobilization". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1899. Issue 35877, col C, p. 10.
- ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 290.
- ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 290.
- ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col C, p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 22 March, 1902. Issue 36722, col B, p. 14.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 306a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 385.
- ↑ Bacon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 262.
- ↑ Lees Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/321. f. 376.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 385.
- ↑ Lees Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/321. f. 376.
- ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/424. f. 506.
- ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/424. f. 506.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 385.
- ↑ Brandt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 225.
- ↑ Brandt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 225.
- ↑ Davies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/408. f. 410.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 385.
- ↑ Davies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/408. f. 410.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 385.
- ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 296.
- ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 296.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 385.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 385.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 385.
- ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
- ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 382.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398p.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398p.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398pp.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398pp.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398i.
- ↑ Gill Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/72. f. 207.
- ↑ Gill Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/72. f. 207.
- ↑ Gill Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/72. f. 207.
- ↑ Gill Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/72. f. 207.
- ↑ Benning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/183. f. 98.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 917.
- ↑ Benning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/183. f. 98.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 872.
- ↑ Dunne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/14. f. 14.
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