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==Service==
==Service==
''Titania'' completed conversion to a depot ship in November, 1915.  She served submarines at Blyth 1915-1918.{{DittColl|p. 294}}
''Titania'' completed conversion to a depot ship in November, 1915 and started with the {{UK-SF|11}}, serving the submarines of the {{UK-SF|11}} at Blyth 1915-1918 as they supported the [[Grand Fleet]].{{DittColl|p. 294}}
 
At the end of 1920, she was serving as flagship of the [[China Submarine Flotilla]].{{NLJan21|p. 875}}
 
She was re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 9 February, 1924 as depot ship for the {{UK-SF|4}}.{{NLApr25|p. 275''a''}}
 
The ship was re-commissioned 5 November, 1926.{{NLFeb29|p. 275}}
 
''Titania'' was re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 October, 1930 for work with the {{UK-SF|6}}.  She remained at this through at least mid-1937.{{NLJul37|p. 280}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given.
Dates of appointment given.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stanley Lyte Willis|nick=Stanley L. Willis|appt=21 October, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 398''m''}}|end=c. October, 1918|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Avenel Sommerville|nick=Frederick A. Sommerville|appt=28 October, 1918{{NLJan19|p. 920''a''}}<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|end=December, 1920<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S) of {{UK-SF|11}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Stuart Benning|nick=Charles S. Benning|appt=31 December, 1920<ref>Benning Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 821}}|end=March, 1923<ref>Benning Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S) in command of the [[China Submarine Flotilla]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=1 February, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 275}}|end=|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|4}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Henry Taunton Raikes|nick=Robert H. T. Raikes|appt=March, 1925<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|end=March, 1927<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|4}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Buller Glencross|nick=John B. Glencross|appt=27 January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 275}}|ass=March, 1927<ref>Glencross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7604427}} f. ?.</ref>|end=February, 1929<ref>Glencross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7604427}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|4}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Anthony Bevis Lockhart|nick=Anthony B. Lockhart|appt=January, 1929|end=|note=|note=and as Commander (S), {{UK-SF|4}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Ioan Montagu Lawrence Scott|nick=Henry I. M. L. Scott|appt=28 March, 1930<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>|end=31 October, 1930<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Richard Marrack|nick=Hugh R. Marrack|appt=1 November, 1930<ref>Marrack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/225.|D7604980}} f. 237.</ref>|end=2 February, 1931<ref>Marrack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/225.|D7604980}} f. 237.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|6}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Geldard Stanley|nick=Edward G. Stanley|appt=2 February, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 278}}|end=6 February, 1933|note=and as Commander (S), {{UK-SF|6}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=6 February, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 280}}|end=23 July, 1935|note=and as Commander (S), {{UK-SF|6}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Meredith Keble Keble-White|nick=Geoffrey M. K. Keble-White|appt=23 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 280}}|end=26 August, 1936|note=and as Commander (S), {{UK-SF|6}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ian Agnew Patterson Macintyre|nick=Ian A. P. Macintyre|appt=26 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 280}}|end=28 April, 1938|note=and as Commander (S), {{UK-SF|6}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Jocelyn Slingsby Bethell|nick=Jocelyn S. Bethell|appt=28 April, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}|end=27 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugo Meynell Cyril Ionides|nick=Hugo M. C. Ionides|appt=1 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}|end=14 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Ruck-Keene|nick=Philip Ruck-Keene|appt=14 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}|end=9 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Robson Conway|nick=Harold R. Conway|appt=December 1941{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}|end=12 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Mainwaring Sladen|nick=Geoffrey M. Sladen|appt=12 June, 1942{{UBAlly|2292}}|end=early 1943{{UBAlly|2292}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=William Richmond Fell|nick=William R. Fell|appt=early 1943{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}|end=18 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Thomas Bennett Brunton|nick=Thomas B. Brunton|appt=18 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}|end=8 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Sydney Pengelly|nick=Sydney Pengelly|appt=early 1944{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|7272}}}}
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==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 16:22, 19 January 2022

H.M.S. Titania (1915)
Pendant Number: 7C (Jan 1916)
AC (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Clyde Shipbuilding Company[2]
Launched: 4 Mar, 1915[3]
Broken up: Sep 1949[4]

H.M.S. Titania was building as a civil vessel, but was purchased in 1915 and converted to a submarine depot ship.

Service

Titania completed conversion to a depot ship in November, 1915 and started with the Eleventh Submarine Flotilla, serving the submarines of the Eleventh Submarine Flotilla at Blyth 1915-1918 as they supported the Grand Fleet.[5]

At the end of 1920, she was serving as flagship of the China Submarine Flotilla.[6]

She was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 9 February, 1924 as depot ship for the Fourth Submarine Flotilla.[7]

The ship was re-commissioned 5 November, 1926.[8]

Titania was re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 October, 1930 for work with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla. She remained at this through at least mid-1937.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 875.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 275a.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 275.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 280.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398m.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 920a.
  12. ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
  13. ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
  14. ↑ Benning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/183. f. 98.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 821.
  16. ↑ Benning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/183. f. 98.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 275.
  18. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  19. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 275.
  21. ↑ Glencross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  22. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
  23. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
  24. ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  25. ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 278.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 280.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 280.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 280.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. ↑ 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).



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