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|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Enchantress'''''<br>[[File:H.M.S. Enchantress Under Weigh.jpg|border|300px]]
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'''H.M.Y. ''Enchantress''''' was a yacht in the [[Royal Navy]].
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Career
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Details
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|[[Harland and Wolff]]
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|Launched:
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|7 November, 1903{{DittColl|p. 317}}
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|Sold:
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|24 June, 1935{{DittColl|p. 317}}
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|Scrapped
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|Displacement:
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|2,050 tons{{DittColl|p. 317}}
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|Length:
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|300 feet (o.a.){{DittColl|p. 317}}
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|40 feet{{DittColl|p. 317}}
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|12 feet{{DittColl|p. 317}}
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|Propulsion:
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|Turbine, 4,500 shp{{DittColl|p. 317}}
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|18½ knots{{DittColl|p. 317}}
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Tendered for by [[Harland & Wolff]], Belfast; Henderson & Co., Glasgow; Inglis, Glasgow; and Ramage & Ferguson, Leith.  Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast.
 
Tendered for by [[Harland & Wolff]], Belfast; Henderson & Co., Glasgow; Inglis, Glasgow; and Ramage & Ferguson, Leith.  Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast.
  
==Captains==
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==Service==
Dates of appointment  given:
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''Enchantress'' was recommissioned at Belfast on 28 May, 1904.{{NLJul13|p. 307}}
  
*Captain [[Hugh Evan-Thomas]], 1 May, 1905.<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 105.</ref>
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She recommissioned on 27 January, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 769}}
*Captain [[Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard|Thomas D. L. Sheppard]], 1 June, 1906.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 308.</ref>
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*Captain [[Hubert Lynes]], 9 August, 1912.<ref>Lynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 450.</ref>
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''Enchantress'' paid off 31 March 1922.{{NLApr25|p. 237}}
* Captain [[John Derwent Allen]], 10 November, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 309.</ref>
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*Captain [[Arthur Charles Strutt|The Hon. Arthur C. Strutt]], 29 November, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (August, 1919)p. 787.</ref>
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Reduced to a C. & M. basis at Portsmouth on 20 February, 1926.{{NLFeb29|p. 237}}
*Captain [[Edward Barry Stewart Bingham]], September, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 769.</ref>
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She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 May 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 237}}
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|nick=Osmond de B. Brock|appt=12 May, 1904<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 49.</ref>|end=1 May, 1905<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 49.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Evan-Thomas|nick=Hugh Evan-Thomas|appt=1 May, 1905<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 105.</ref>|end=1 October, 1905<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 105.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes|nick=Cecil D. S. Raikes|appt=1 March, 1906<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602757}} f. 490.</ref>|end=1 June, 1906<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602757}} f. 490.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard|nick=Thomas D. L. Sheppard|appt=1 June, 1906<ref>Sheppard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 393.</ref>|end=5 December, 1908<ref>Sheppard Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 393.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Nelson-Ward|nick=Philip Nelson-Ward|appt=5 December, 1908{{NLJan10|p. 308}}<ref>Nelson-Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 378.</ref>|end=4 April, 1911<ref>Nelson-Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 378.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene|nick=William G. E. Ruck-Keene|appt=4 April, 1911<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 308}}|end=9 August, 1912<ref>Ruck-Keene Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 451.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hubert Lynes|nick=Hubert Lynes|appt=9 August, 1912<ref>Lynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 450.</ref>|end=10 November, 1913<ref>Lynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 450.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Derwent Allen|nick=John D. Allen|appt=10 November, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 309}}|end=1 August, 1914<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44}} f. 44.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Henry George Keenor|nick=Henry G. Keenor|appt=3 August, 1914{{NLDec16|p. 394''e''}}|end=23 August, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Hugh Oldham|nick=Arthur H. Oldham|appt=18 August, 1915<ref>Oldham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>|end=25 August, 1915<ref>Oldham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>|note=temporary, on passage to Portsmouth}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Charles Strutt|nick=The Hon. Arthur C. Strutt|appt=29 November, 1918{{NLAug19|p. 787}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Greville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton|nick=Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton|appt=25 February, 1919<ref>Stapleton-Cotton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/411.|D7576563}} f. 411.</ref>|end=20 March, 1919<ref>Stapleton-Cotton Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/43/411.|D7576563}} f. 411.</ref>|note=temporary, during illness of C.O.}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Barry Stewart Bingham|nick=The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham|appt=September, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 769}}|end=31 March, 1922<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Saumarez Butler|nick=Vernon S. Butler|appt=c. early 1926<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Faviell|nick=Douglas Faviell|appt=May, 1929|end=16 December, 1930|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Ignatius Hallett|nick=John I. Hallett|appt=16 December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 237}}<ref>Hallett Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/50/214.|D7604626}}  f. 281.</ref>|end=21 December, 1931<ref>Hallett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/214.|D7604626}}  f. 281.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Brooke|nick=John Brooke|appt=23 December, 1931<ref>Brooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/47.|D7604802}} f. 52.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 236}}|end=4 April, 1933<ref>Brooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/47.|D7604802}} f. 52.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Humphrey Maurice Robson|nick=Humphrey M. Robson|appt=6 May, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 238}}|end=mid August, 1934{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Adam Conyers Baker|nick=Frank A. C. Baker|appt=13 August, 1934<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/280.|D7605365}} f. 650.</ref>|end=12, February, 1935<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/280.|D7605365}} f. 650.</ref>}}
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*H.M.S. ''Enchantress'' Visitors' Book.  13 June, 1904 - 9 August, 1939.  Admiralty Library, Portsmouth.  MSS 183.
 
*H.M.S. ''Enchantress'' Visitors' Book.  13 June, 1904 - 9 August, 1939.  Admiralty Library, Portsmouth.  MSS 183.
 
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Revision as of 16:57, 19 January 2020

H.M.S. Enchantress (1903)
Builder: Harland & Wolff
Launched: 7 Nov, 1903[1]
Sold: 24 Jun, 1935[2]

H.M.Y. Enchantress was a yacht in the Royal Navy.

Tendered for by Harland & Wolff, Belfast; Henderson & Co., Glasgow; Inglis, Glasgow; and Ramage & Ferguson, Leith. Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast.

Service

Enchantress was recommissioned at Belfast on 28 May, 1904.[3]

She recommissioned on 27 January, 1919.[4]

Enchantress paid off 31 March 1922.[5]

Reduced to a C. & M. basis at Portsmouth on 20 February, 1926.[6]

She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 May 1929.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 317.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 307.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 769.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 237.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 237.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 237.
  8. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.
  9. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.
  10. Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
  11. Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
  12. Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 490.
  13. Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 490.
  14. Sheppard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 393.
  15. Sheppard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 393.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 308.
  17. Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 378.
  18. Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 378.
  19. Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  20. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 308.
  21. Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
  22. Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
  23. Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
  24. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 309.
  25. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44 f. 44.
  26. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394e.
  27. Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  28. Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  29. The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 787.
  30. Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  31. Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  32. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 769.
  33. Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  34. Butler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/68. f. 205.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 237.
  36. Hallett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/214. f. 281.
  37. Hallett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/214. f. 281.
  38. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/47. f. 52.
  39. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 236.
  40. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/47. f. 52.
  41. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 238.
  42. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.
  43. Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/280. f. 650.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • H.M.S. Enchantress Visitors' Book. 13 June, 1904 - 9 August, 1939. Admiralty Library, Portsmouth. MSS 183.