H.M.S. Assistance (1900)
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| H.M.S. Assistance (1900) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 8C (1914) C2 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Raylton Dixon[2] |
| Launched: | 23 Dec, 1900[3] |
| Commissioned: | 28 Nov, 1906[4] |
| Handed over: | 11 Mar, 1937[5] |
H.M.S. Assistance was a civilian ship purchased on the stocks on 19 September, 1900 for use as a fleet repair ship.
Service
She commissioned at Gibraltar on 28 November, 1906.[6]
Assistance served with the Grand Fleet at Scapa and Cromarty throughout the war.[7]
Commissioned on 1 April, 1927.[8]
She was transferred to Dockyard Control at Portsmouth on 25 November, 1930.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Captain Charles H. Dare, 14 December, 1900[10]
- Commander Louis J. MacHutchin, 22 February, 1905[11][12] – 9 December, 1905[13]
- Captain Anthony F. Gurney, 10 November, 1906[14] – 14 November, 1908
- Captain William S. Bowman, 14 November, 1908[15] – 15 November, 1910
- Captain Alfred C. Sykes, 15 November, 1910[16] – 15 January, 1913
- Captain Harry M. K. Betty, 15 January, 1913[17] – 1 April, 1919[18][19]
- Captain Wilfred Henderson, 1 April, 1919[20][21]
- Captain Thomas J. S. Lyne, 20 April, 1920 – 10 January, 1921
- Captain Ronald E. Chilcott, 10 January, 1921[22] – 17 August, 1922
- Captain Colin A. M. Sarel, 17 August, 1922[23] – 18 August, 1924
- Captain Lachlan D. I. MacKinnon, 18 August, 1924[24][25] – May, 1926[26]
- Captain Albert J. Robertson, 15 March, 1927[27][28] – May, 1928
- Captain Sir Lionel A. D. Sturdee, 14 May, 1928[29] – 23 February, 1930
- Commander Horatio Westmacott, c. late 1929 – 14 March, 1930 (assumed command upon ship returning to Reserve)
- Commander James C. J. Soutter, 15 March, 1930[30] – 9 September, 1930[31]
Armament
- six 3-pdr guns[32]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 733.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 733.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 230.
- ↑ MacHutchin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/401. ff. 357, 193.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 280.
- ↑ MacHutchin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/401. ff. 357, 193.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 734.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 734.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 728.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/334. ff. 334, 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 728.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 728.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 216.
- ↑ MacKinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/16. f. 220.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 216.
- ↑ MacKinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/16. f. 220.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 19 Feb. 1927, p. 4.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 216.
- ↑ Soutter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/8. f. 8.
- ↑ Soutter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/8. f. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 216.
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).
