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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
She was fitted out at Blackwall as a minelayer{{DittColl|p. 118}} and listed as a new member of the [[Minelayer Squadron]] in December.{{SMNLDec14|p. 11}}  She would work with them throughout the war, but was apparently more loosely affiliated with them from August, 1918.{{SMNLAug18|p. 16.  She is one of three listed as "other minelayers" alongside the two Mining Squadrons}}
 
She was fitted out at Blackwall as a minelayer{{DittColl|p. 118}} and listed as a new member of the [[Minelayer Squadron]] in December.{{SMNLDec14|p. 11}}  She would work with them throughout the war, but was apparently more loosely affiliated with them from August, 1918.{{SMNLAug18|p. 16.  She is one of three listed as "other minelayers" alongside the two Mining Squadrons}}
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At some point in 1918, she would be in a collision with the {{UK-P27|f=t}}.  The commander of the patrol boat would be found to be at fault in the matter.<ref>Notley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/74.|}} f. 74.</ref>
  
 
==Armament==
 
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 10 January 2022

H.M.S. Paris (1913)
Pendant Number: N.59 (1914)
N.79 (Jan 1918)[1]
Launched: 1913[2]
Requisitioned: 14 Nov, 1914[3]
Left service: 5 Nov, 1919[4]

H.M.S. Paris was a merchant vessel used as a minelayer by the Royal Navy.

Service

She was fitted out at Blackwall as a minelayer[5] and listed as a new member of the Minelayer Squadron in December.[6] She would work with them throughout the war, but was apparently more loosely affiliated with them from August, 1918.[7]

At some point in 1918, she would be in a collision with the patrol boat P27. The commander of the patrol boat would be found to be at fault in the matter.[8]

Armament

Guns

Her guns were as follows.[9]

  • one 4-in
  • one 12-pdr
  • one 6-pdr H.A.

Mines

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  2. This year may be incorrect.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 11.
  7. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1918). p. 16. She is one of three listed as "other minelayers" alongside the two Mining Squadrons.
  8. Notley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/74. f. 74.
  9. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  10. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. Plate 7.
  11. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401s.
  13. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 401w.

Bibliography


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