H.M.S. Pactolus (1896)
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| H.M.S. Pactolus (1896) | |
|---|---|
| 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] She serviced the boats of the Ninth Submarine Flotilla out of the Clyde from the start of the war through September 1916.
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Lieutenant-Commander William R. D. Crowther, 24 September, 1912.[8]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 353.
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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