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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={{LCommRN}}|name=James Forest Dewar|nick=James F. Dewar|appt=6 March, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 393''z''}}|end= | {{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=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=}} | {{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) | |
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| 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
- Lieutenant-Commander James F. Dewar, 6 March, 1916[8] – 18 September, 1917[9]
- Acting Commander Geoffrey P. Russell, 23 September, 1917 – December, 1919
- Acting Commander Kenneth H. L. MacKenzie, 3 January, 1921[10] – 1923
- Acting Commander (N) Harry T. Bennett, 1 January, 1924[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 294.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 393z.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/88. f. 88.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 901.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 293.
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