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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Cathcart Guy St. Clair|nick=F. C. Guy St. Clair|appt=14 August, 1918|end=2 October, 1918|note=and as Senior Officer, {{UK-FSF|6}}, temporary}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Cathcart Guy St. Clair|nick=F. C. Guy St. Clair|appt=14 August, 1918|end=2 October, 1918|note=and as Senior Officer, {{UK-FSF|6}}, temporary}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Percy Noble Taylor|nick=Percy N.Taylor|appt=October, 1918{{NLMar19|p. 845}}|end=1919{{FC}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Percy Noble Taylor|nick=Percy N.Taylor|appt=2 October, 1918<ref>Taylor Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/37/559.|}} f. 285.</ref>{{NLMar19|p. 845}}|end=1919{{FC}}|note=vice St. Clair, and as Senior Officer, {{UK-FSF|18}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Richard Ware Turnor|nick=Harold R. W. Turnor|appt=21 July, 1921|end=October, 1921|note=temporary}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Richard Ware Turnor|nick=Harold R. W. Turnor|appt=21 July, 1921|end=October, 1921|note=temporary}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Richard Ware Turnor|nick=Harold R. W. Turnor|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}|end=21 August, 1924|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Richard Ware Turnor|nick=Harold R. W. Turnor|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}|end=21 August, 1924|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:08, 13 April 2022
| H.M.S. Melton (1916) | |
|---|---|
| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 898[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.94 (Sep 1918)[2] |
| Builder: | William Hamilton & Company[3] |
| Ordered: | Sep 1915[4] |
| Launched: | 16 Mar, 1916[5] |
| Sold: | 25 Nov, 1927[6] |
H.M.S. Melton was one of thirty-two Ascot Class paddle minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Melton collided with Epsom on 22 August, 1916, resulting in a severe reprimand for T/A Lt. William Quinn McKeown.[7]
Croxton's Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Taylor was found to blame and cautioned after a 15 August 1917 collision with Melton.
In January, 1921, she was at Southampton, one of twenty-eight paid off minesweepers there.[8]
Paid off 9 December, 1922.[9]
Captains
- Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William Q. McKeown, 20 April, 1916[10] – 29 March, 1917[11]
- Lieutenant in Command Alpin E. Thomson, 5 July, 1917[12] – 23 August, 1918
- Commander F. C. Guy St. Clair, 14 August, 1918 – 2 October, 1918 (and as Senior Officer, Sixth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla, temporary)
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Percy N.Taylor, 2 October, 1918[13][14] – 1919[Fact Check] (vice St. Clair, and as Senior Officer, Eighteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Harold R. W. Turnor, 21 July, 1921 – October, 1921 (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Harold R. W. Turnor, 10 July, 1924[15] – 21 August, 1924 (temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111. See this note for more info.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ McKeown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/41/153. f. 80.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 708.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 255.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 396b.
- ↑ McKeown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/41/153. f. 80.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395p.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/559. f. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 845.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
Bibliography
| Ascot Class Paddle Minesweeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1915 Design | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ascot | Atherstone | Chelmsford | Chepstow | Croxton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doncaster | Eglinton | Epsom | Eridge | Gatwick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kempton | Lingfield | Ludlow | Melton | Newbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plumpton | Pontefract | Cheltenham | Goodwood | Haldon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hurst | Redcar | Sandown | Totnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enlarged, 1917 Design | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Banbury | Harpenden | Hexham | Lanark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lewes | Shincliffe | Shirley | Wetherby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minesweepers (UK) | Hunt Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
