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==Service==
==Service==
Re-commissioned at Sydney in [[Royal Australian Navy]] service on 1 July, 1920.{{NLFeb26|p. 293}}
Paid off into Reserve at Sydney on 10 November, 1927.{{NLJul31|p. 294}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Philip Russell|nick=Geoffrey P. Russell|appt=26 October, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 800}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Forest Dewar|nick=James F. Dewar|appt=6 March, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 393''z''}}|end=18 September, 1917<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/88.|D7603595}} f. 88.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Philip Russell|nick=Geoffrey P. Russell|appt=23 September, 1917|end=December, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Kenneth Harry Litton MacKenzie|nick=Kenneth H. L. MacKenzie|appt=3 January, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 901}}|end=1923|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Geranium''}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Harry Thring Bennett|nick=Harry T. Bennett|appt=1 January, 1924{{NLFeb26|p. 293}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Geranium''}}
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Latest revision as of 21:07, 16 May 2022

H.M.S. Geranium (1915)
Pendant Number: T.56 (Jan, 1916)
T.37 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company[2]
Ordered: Jul, 1915[3]
Launched: 8 Nov, 1915[4]
Transferred: 1919[5]
Fate: to R.A.N.

H.M.S. Geranium was one of thirty-six Arabis Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Re-commissioned at Sydney in Royal Australian Navy service on 1 July, 1920.[6]

Paid off into Reserve at Sydney on 10 November, 1927.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 293.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 294.
  8. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 393z.
  9. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/88. f. 88.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 901.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 293.

Bibliography


Arabis Class Sweeping Sloop
Alyssum Amaryllis Arabis Asphodel Berberis
Buttercup Campanula Celandine Cornflower Crocus
Cyclamen Delphinium Genista Gentian Geranium
Gladiolus Godetia Hydrangea Lobelia Lupin
Marguerite Mignonette Myosotis Nasturtium Nigella
Pansy Pentstemon Petunia Poppy Primula
  Rosemary Snapdragon Valerian  
  Verbena Wallflower Wistaria