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'''H.M.S. ''Medway''''' was the first purpose-built submarine depot ship in the [[Royal Navy]]. | '''H.M.S. ''Medway''''' was the first purpose-built submarine depot ship in the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
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H.M.S. Medway (1928) | |
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Pendant Number: | 25 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |
Ordered: | 14 September 1926 |
Laid down: | Apr, 1927 |
Launched: | 19 Jul, 1928 |
Commissioned: | 3 Jul, 1929[1] |
Torpedoed: | 30 Jun, 1942 |
H.M.S. Medway was the first purpose-built submarine depot ship in the Royal Navy.
Service
She served on the China Station before World War II, and moved to Egypt in 1940.
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Captain Colin Cantlie, 1 January, 1929[2]
- Captain Hugh R. Marrack, 2 February, 1931[3] (and as Captain (D), Fourth Submarine Flotilla)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 254.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 254.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 254.
Bibliography