H.M.S. Melton (1916)

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]

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]}
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)

↑ 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.