H.M.S. Pactolus (1896)
| H.M.S. Pactolus (1896) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D.08 (1914) N.08 (Sep 1915) N.77 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, 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
In August 1900, she was one of six cruisers at Chatham ordered to receive wireless telegraphy systems along with Sans Pareil, then port guardship at Sheerness.[7]
Pactolus completed conversion to a submarine depot ship in September 1912,[8] and was commissioned on the 24th at Chatham.[9]
She serviced the boats of the Ninth Submarine Flotilla out of the Clyde from at least mid-1913[10] through the start of the war through September 1916.
In March, 1914, Lt. Cdr. Crowther was blamed when Pactolus collided with the brig Traveller.[11]
Around September 1916, Pactolus moved to the Seventh Submarine Flotilla.
Pactolus paid off on 21 July, 1919.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Francis J. Foley, 1 August, 1897[13] – 19 March, 1900[14]
- Captain F. Alban A. G. Tate, 20 March, 1900[15] – 22 October, 1902[16] (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
- Lieutenant & Commander Walter M. Ellerton, 25 August, 1901[17] – c. September, 1901[18] (temporary, while Tate is sick with gout)
- Commander Gerald C. A. Marescaux, 20 March, 1902[19] – 8 January, 1904
- Acting Commander William R. D. Crowther, 24 September, 1912[20][21] – 4 August, 1915[22] (and as S.N.O., Ardrossan from 10 January, 1915)
- Acting Captain Alexander G. Wright, 4 August, 1915[23] – 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.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 24, 1900; pg. 4; Issue 36229.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Crowther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/160. f. 564.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153.
- ↑ This is a guess.
- ↑ 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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