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She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.{{DittColl|p. 52}} | She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.{{DittColl|p. 52}} | ||
− | ==Service== | + | ==Construction & Service== |
+ | ''Argus'' was designed by Lt.-Col. Holmes of the {{RAF}}. Her hangar could accommodate one of the new eighteen-plane Torpedo Aeroplane Squadrons equipped with Sopwith T.1s and provided for storage of thirty torpedoes. A torpedo shop could store another twenty-eight weapons, which were presumably the [[18-in Mark IX Torpedo (UK)|18-in Mark IX torpedo]]. Steam lines on the flying deck could warm torpedoes as aircraft awaited launch, to try to ensure a stable operating temperature when an attack was launched.{{ARTS1918|pp. 94-5}} | ||
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''Argus'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 January, 1924.{{NLApr25|pp. 215, 216}} | ''Argus'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 January, 1924.{{NLApr25|pp. 215, 216}} | ||
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''Argus'' was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 216}} | ''Argus'' was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 216}} | ||
− | + | She was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 15 December, 1932.{{NLJul34|p. 215}} | |
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+ | She was taken into Dockyard Control on 6 July 1936 at Devonport.{{NLJul37|p. 216}} | ||
− | + | ''Argus'' was commissioned at Devonport on 30 July, 1938.{{NLMay39|p. 257}} | |
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil C. B. Vacher|appt=3 September, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|end=14 October, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|note=ship is in reserve}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil C. B. Vacher|appt=3 September, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|end=14 October, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|note=ship is in reserve}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Paul Felix Palmer Berryman|nick=Paul F. P. Berryman|appt=14 October, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=5 June, 1934}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Paul Felix Palmer Berryman|nick=Paul F. P. Berryman|appt=14 October, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=5 June, 1934}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Edward Boultbee|nick=Gerald E. Boultbee|appt=8 June, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 216}}{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Friday, May 11, 1934; pg. 26; Issue 46751}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William David Gordon Weir|nick=William D. G. Weir|appt=21 January, 1936|end=late January, 1936|note=temporary}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry James Johnstone|nick=Henry J. Johnstone|appt=22 January, 1936{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Saturday, Dec 21, 1935; pg. 15; Issue 47253}}|end=July, 1936|note=placed into Dockyard Hands for conversion to target drone carrier}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Frederick Hubert Sawyer|nick=John F. H. Sawyer|appt=29 March, 1938{{ToL|Completion of the Argus|Tuesday, Mar 29, 1938; pg. 11; Issue 47955}}|end=26 May, 1938{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=26 May, 1938<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=3 July, 1939<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=26 May, 1938<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=3 July, 1939<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=October, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=16 August, 1940<ref>Bovell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=October, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=16 August, 1940<ref>Bovell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 08:54, 17 July 2019
H.M.S. Argus (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | N.96 (1919) 49 (Sep, 1919)[1] |
Builder: | William Beardmore & Company[2] |
Launched: | 2 Dec, 1917[3] |
Commissioned: | Sep, 1918[4] |
Sold: | 5 Dec, 1946[5] |
She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.[6]
Construction & Service
Argus was designed by Lt.-Col. Holmes of the R.A.F.. Her hangar could accommodate one of the new eighteen-plane Torpedo Aeroplane Squadrons equipped with Sopwith T.1s and provided for storage of thirty torpedoes. A torpedo shop could store another twenty-eight weapons, which were presumably the 18-in Mark IX torpedo. Steam lines on the flying deck could warm torpedoes as aircraft awaited launch, to try to ensure a stable operating temperature when an attack was launched.[7]
Argus was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 January, 1924.[8]
She paid off into Dockyard Control on 2 November, 1925.[9]
She re-commissioned at the Nore on 19 January, 1927 for service in the Atlantic Fleet, with a Headquarters Flight and Flights 401, 422, and 441 embarked.[10]
Argus was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1930.[11]
She was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 15 December, 1932.[12]
She was taken into Dockyard Control on 6 July 1936 at Devonport.[13]
Argus was commissioned at Devonport on 30 July, 1938.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Humphrey H. Smith, 14 September, 1918[15] – 31 July, 1920[16][17]
- Captain Anselan J. B. Stirling, 31 July, 1920[18][19] – 15 August, 1922[20]
- Captain Francis G. G. Chilton, 15 August, 1922[21] – 15 August, 1924[22]
- Captain Stanley L. Willis, 15 August, 1924[23] – 9 August, 1926
- Commander Maitland W. S. Boucher, 14 October, 1926[24] – 5 November, 1928[25]
- Captain James W. Murray, 21 November, 1926[26] – 17 January, 1927[27] (loaned from Ark Royal for trials)
- Captain Alexander R. Palmer, 17 January, 1927[28] – 16 June, 1928[29]
- Captain Cyril St. C. Cameron, 16 June, 1928[30] – August, 1929[Inference]
- Captain Colin A. M. Sarel, 27 August, 1929 – 22 April, 1930
- Commander Ernest R. Archer, 14 July, 1930[31] – 9 September, 1930[32] (ship is in reserve)
- Commander Arthur E. Buckland, 9 September, 1930[33]
- Commander James C. J. Soutter, 3 March, 1931[34] – 22 May, 1931[Inference]
- Commander Claud A. Merriman, 22 May, 1931[35] – 3 September, 1931[Inference]
- Commander Cecil C. B. Vacher, 3 September, 1931[36] – 14 October, 1931[37] (ship is in reserve)
- Commander Paul F. P. Berryman, 14 October, 1932[38] – 5 June, 1934
- Commander Gerald E. Boultbee, 8 June, 1934[39][40]
- Lieutenant-Commander William D. G. Weir, 21 January, 1936 – late January, 1936 (temporary)
- Commander Henry J. Johnstone, 22 January, 1936[41] – July, 1936 (placed into Dockyard Hands for conversion to target drone carrier)
- Commander John F. H. Sawyer, 29 March, 1938[42] – 26 May, 1938[Inference]
- Captain William G. Benn, 26 May, 1938[43] – 3 July, 1939[44]
- Captain Henry C. Bovell, October, 1939[45] – 16 August, 1940[46]
- Captain Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke, 16 August, 1940 – 1 May, 1941
- Captain Tom O. Bulteel, April, 1941[47] – October, 1941[48]
- Captain George T. Philip, October, 1941[49] – January, 1943[50]
- Captain Henry L. St. J. Fancourt, January, 1943[51] – September, 1943[52]
- Captain Villiers N. Surtees, September, 1943[53] – July, 1944[54]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. pp. 94-5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 215, 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). pp. 215-6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 727.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 727.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
- ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
- ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
- ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
- ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 215.
- ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
- ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 27, 1930; pg. 15; Issue 45602.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 23, 1931; pg. 6; Issue 45728.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
- ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
- ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 216.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 11, 1934; pg. 26; Issue 46751.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 21, 1935; pg. 15; Issue 47253.
- ↑ "Completion of the Argus." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Mar 29, 1938; pg. 11; Issue 47955.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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