H.M.S. Wahine (1912): Difference between revisions

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 34: Line 34:
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Wahine''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of H.M.S. ''Wahine''}}
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Wahine''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of H.M.S. ''Wahine''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Hesketh Smyth|nick=Harry H. Smyth|appt=26 May, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 402}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Hesketh Smyth|nick=Harry H. Smyth|appt=26 May, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 402}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Denis Granville Thynne|nick=Denis G. Thynne|appt=20 March, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 1009}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

Revision as of 20:07, 1 September 2015

H.M.S. Wahine (1912)
Pendant Number: Y4.51
N.5A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Denny[2]
Yard Number: 971[3]
Launched: 25 Nov, 1912[4]
Commissioned: 12 Jul, 1915[5]
Returned: 17 Feb, 1920[6]
Fate: to civil use

H.M.S. Wahine was a passenger and cargo liner taken up for service as a minelayer in the Royal Navy.

Service

In October, 1915, she began work as a fleet messenger between Malta and Mudros. In May, 1916, she was converted to a minelayer.[7] She was first listed in the Navy List in this role in August, 1916.[8]

She carried out seventy-six missions, first on the Dover Barrage and later in the Helgoland Bight, operating out of Immingham.[9] She last appeared in the Navy List in March, 1919.[10]

Armament

Guns

Her guns were as follows.[11]

  • two 14-pdrs (Turkish)
  • two 6-pdr H.A.

Mines

  • 160 H.2 or Mark VIII sinker mines[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  2. POHeritage.com.
  3. POHeritage.com.
  4. POHeritage.com.
  5. POHeritage.com.
  6. POHeritage.com.
  7. POHeritage.com.
  8. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1916). p. 14.
  9. POHeritage.com.
  10. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 12.
  11. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 118.
  12. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. p. 12, Plate 7.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 402.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 1009.

Bibliography


Minelayer H.M.S. Wahine