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She completed conversion to a submarine depot ship in September 1912 | She completed conversion to a submarine depot ship in September 1912,{{DittColl|p. 294}} and was commissioned on the 24th at Chatham.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 861}} | ||
She serviced the boats of the {{UK-SF|9}} out of the Clyde from at least mid-1913<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913) p. 352.</ref> through the start of the war through September 1916. | |||
She paid off on 21 July, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 822}} | She paid off on 21 July, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 822}} |
Revision as of 18:06, 7 January 2014
H.M.S. Pactolus (1896) | |
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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 given:
- Lieutenant-Commander William R. D. Crowther, 24 September, 1912.[11]
- Acting Captain Alexander G. Wright, and as Senior Naval Officer, Ardrossan, 4 August, 1915.[12]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 353.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly 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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