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==Service==
==Service==
''Cyclops'' was commissioned at Devonport 5 November, 1907.{{NLApr11|p. 298}}
''Cyclops'' served with the [[Grand Fleet]] throughout the war.{{DittColl|p. 292}}
''Cyclops'' served with the [[Grand Fleet]] throughout the war.{{DittColl|p. 292}}


She was reduced to reserve at Sheerness 31 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 756}}
She was reduced to reserve at Sheerness 31 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 756}}
She commissioned at Chatham on 21 December, 1922 for service with the {{UK-SF|1}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 230}}
In 1923, [[Henry Francis Morton Peto]]'s {{UK-M2}} collided with ''Cyclops'' and he was cautioned to exercise greater care in future.<ref>Peto Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/211.|D7605296}} f. 580.</ref>
She was commissioned on 16 December, 1926 for work with the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul27|p. 229}}
She re-commissioned at Malta on 27 September, 1929 for work with the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul31|p. 229}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 29 April, 1932 to continue her previous work.{{NLJan33|p. 228}}
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 January, 1935 for work with the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul37|pp. 227, 228}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given.
Dates of appointment given.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapts otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Cyclops''" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|null}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Farrington|nick=Alexander Farrington|appt=28 February, 1912{{NLOct15|p. 393''g''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=21 October, 1907<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 218.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 298}}|end=21 February, 1910<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 218.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Tibbitts|nick=Charles Tibbitts|appt=14 December, 1916{{NLFeb19|p. 772}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Garnet Armstrong|nick=John G. Armstrong|appt=12 February, 1910<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602489}} f. 160.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 298}}|end=28 February, 1912<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602489}} f. 160.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Tylden Mosse|nick=Harry T. Mosse|appt=18 February, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 756}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Farrington|nick=Alexander Farrington|appt=28 February, 1912{{NLOct16|p. 393''l''}}|end=December, 1916{{INF}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Tibbits|nick=Charles Tibbits|appt=14 December, 1916<ref>Tibbits Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/243.|D7602576}} f. 268.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 772}}|end=7 March, 1919<ref>Tibbits Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/243.|D7602576}} f. 268.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alan Cameron Bruce|nick=Alan C. Bruce|appt=6 March, 1919<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 310.</ref>|end=28 January, 1920<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/319.}}  f. 310.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Tylden Mosse|nick=Harry T. Mosse|appt=18 February, 1920{{NavAppts|Thursday, January 15, 1920, Issue 42308, p.6}}{{NLJan21|p. 756}}|end=20 January, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Graham Bower|nick=John G. Bower|appt=November, 1922<ref>Bower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/99.|D7604511}} f. 222.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 745}}|end=15 April, 1924<ref>Bower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/99.|D7604511}} f. 222.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Buller Glencross|nick=John B. Glencross|appt=15 April, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 230}}<ref>Glencross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7604427}} f. ?.</ref>|end=27 December, 1924<ref>Glencross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7604427}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and for duty with submarines}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Brownlow Villiers Layard|nick=Brownlow V. Layard|appt=27 December, 1924<ref>Layard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/212.|D7604310}} f. 114.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 230}}|end=19 July, 1926<ref>Layard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/212.|D7604310}} f. 114.</ref>|note=and for duty Class I with submarines}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles de Burgh|nick=Charles de Burgh|appt=19 July, 1926<ref>de Burgh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/314.|D7604726}} f. ?.</ref>|end=December, 1927<ref>de Burgh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/314.|D7604726}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and for duty Class I with submarines}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Burnard Darke|nick=Reginald B. Darke|appt=25 March, 1928<ref>Darke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1928<ref>Darke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Henry Taylor|nick=Frederick H. Taylor|appt=|ass=1928{{NLFeb29|p. 229}}{{INF}}|end=|note=and for duty with submarines}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vincent Paul Freeman|nick=Vincent P. Freeman|appt=1929<ref>The month is illegible.</ref>|end=20 April, 1931}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stuart John Layton Bennett|nick=Stuart J. L. Bennett|appt=18 March, 1929<ref>Bennett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/13.|}} f. 12.</ref>|end=1929<ref>Bennett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/13.|}} f. 12.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cyril George Bucknill Coltart|nick=Cyril G. B. Coltart|appt=c. October, 1929|end=21 July, 1931|note=and for duty Class I with submarines}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I ''Sp.''''')|name=Henry Neville Lake|nick=Henry N. Lake|appt=13 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 229}}<ref>Lake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|D7605822}} f. 66.</ref>|end=November, 1933<ref>Lake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|D7605822}} f. 66.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Murray Conrad Barraclough|nick=Edward M. C. Barraclough|appt=13 October, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 228}}|end=31 January, 1935{{ToL|Royal Navy|4 Dec. 1934, p. 20}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Derek Stephens|nick=William D. Stephens|appt=31 January, 1935{{ToL|Royal Navy|4 Dec. 1934, p. 20}}{{NLOct35|p. 227}}|end=15 September, 1936|note=and for duty with submarines}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=25 July, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 227}}|end=|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Ruck-Keene|nick=Philip Ruck-Keene|appt=15 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|7269}}|end=27 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7269}}|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Henry Longsdon|nick=Edward H. Longsdon|appt=27 May, 1940{{UBAlly|6750}}|end=11 July, 1940{{UBAlly|6750}}|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Roderick Latimer Mackenzie Edwards|nick=Roderick L. Mackenzie Edwards|appt=11 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7269}}|end=5 April, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|7269}}|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Robson Conway|nick=Harold R. Conway|appt=5 April, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|7269}}|end=30 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7269}}|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Benjamin Bryant|nick=Benjamin Bryant|appt=30 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7269}}|end=4 February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|7269}}|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=David Caldicott Ingram|nick=David C. Ingram|appt=5 February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|7269}}|end=mid 1946{{UBAllyWarship|7269}}|note=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapts>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapts>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 17:57, 22 May 2022

H.M.S. Cyclops (1905)
Pendant Number: A1 (1914)
C5 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Laing[2]
Launched: 27 Oct, 1905[3]
Commissioned: 5 Nov, 1907[4]
Sold: Jul, 1947[5]

H.M.S. Cyclops was a civilian ship, Indrabarah purchased on the stocks in 1905 for use as a depot ship.

Service

Cyclops was commissioned at Devonport 5 November, 1907.[6]

Cyclops served with the Grand Fleet throughout the war.[7]

She was reduced to reserve at Sheerness 31 January, 1920.[8]

She commissioned at Chatham on 21 December, 1922 for service with the First Submarine Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[9]

In 1923, Henry Francis Morton Peto's M 2 collided with Cyclops and he was cautioned to exercise greater care in future.[10]

She was commissioned on 16 December, 1926 for work with the First Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[11]

She re-commissioned at Malta on 27 September, 1929 for work with the First Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[12]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 29 April, 1932 to continue her previous work.[13]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 31 January, 1935 for work with the First Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 298.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 298.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 230.
  10. Peto Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/211. f. 580.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 229.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 229.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 228.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). pp. 227, 228.
  15. Foot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 218.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 298.
  17. Foot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 218.
  18. Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 160.
  19. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 298.
  20. Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 160.
  21. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393l.
  22. Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
  23. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 772.
  24. Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
  25. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 310.
  26. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 310.
  27. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, January 15, 1920, Issue 42308, p.6.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
  29. Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
  30. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 745.
  31. Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 230.
  33. Glencross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  34. Glencross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  35. Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/212. f. 114.
  36. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 230.
  37. Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/212. f. 114.
  38. de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
  39. de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
  40. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  41. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  42. The month is illegible.
  43. Bennett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/13. f. 12.
  44. Bennett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/13. f. 12.
  45. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 229.
  46. Lake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 66.
  47. Lake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 66.
  48. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 228.
  49. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 4 Dec. 1934, p. 20.
  50. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 4 Dec. 1934, p. 20.
  51. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 227.
  52. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 227.
  53. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. Uboat.net page on the man.
  56. Uboat.net page on the man.
  57. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  61. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  62. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  63. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  64. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).