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Revision as of 14:27, 19 July 2017
| H.M.S. Pactolus (1896) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D.08 (1914) N.08 (Sep 1915) N.77 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Elswick[2] |
| Laid down: | May, 1896[3] |
| Launched: | 21 Dec, 1896[4] |
| Commissioned: | Sep, 1898[5] |
| Sold: | 1921[6] |
H.M.S. Pactolus was completed as one of eleven Pelorus class cruisers, but served as a submarine depot ship in the Great War.
Service
She completed conversion to a submarine depot ship in September 1912,[7] and was commissioned on the 24th at Chatham.[8]
She serviced the boats of the Ninth Submarine Flotilla out of the Clyde from at least mid-1913[9] through the start of the war through September 1916.
She paid off on 21 July, 1919.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Francis J. Foley, 1 August, 1897[11] – 19 March, 1900[12]
- Captain F. Alban A. G. Tate, 20 March, 1900[13] – 22 October, 1902[14]
- Commander Gerald C. A. Marescaux, 20 March, 1902[15]
- Acting Commander William R. D. Crowther, 24 September, 1912[16][17] – 4 August, 191525 July, 1915[18] (and as S.N.O., Ardrossan from 10 January, 1915)
- Acting Captain Alexander G. Wright, 4 August, 1915[19] – 30 June, 1919
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 41, 294.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 83.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 861.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 352.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 822.
- ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 247.
- ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 247.
- ↑ Tate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1278.
- ↑ Tate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 287.
- ↑ Crowther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/160. f. 564.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 366j.
- ↑ Crowther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/160. f. 564.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 861.
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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