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| + | ''Motagua'' was mined at 3:10am on 16 March, 1917 six and a half miles southwest of Eshaness Light. Captain [[Lawrence Leopold Dundas]] was praised by the Admiralty for his successful efforts to save the ship, bringing her immediately toward the nearest land and then toward Muckle Roe in company with the {{UK-Griffon|f=tp}} and a patrol drifter. By 5:30am she was within Busta Voe's boom defences and seeing to shoring up bulkheads.<ref>Dundas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/420.|D7602738}} f. 467.</ref><ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_Motagua.htm Ship's Log].</ref> | ||
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| + | At 8:10am on 19 March 1918 at Lat 49.50, Long -8.47 while escorting a convoy out of Dakar, {{UK-Motagua}} collided with the American {{US-Manley|f=pt}}. The destroyer's depth charges detonated on her stern, heavily damaging ''Motagua'' and setting ''Manley'' afire. Twenty-eight of ''Motagua's'' crew were killed and many wounded (one of whom would later die).<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_Motagua.htm Ship's Log].</ref> | ||
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| + | On 28 March, 1918, four PVs B Mark III** gun mountings, (numbers 217, 805, 572, 568) were landed and discharged to Bull Point.<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_Motagua.htm Ship's Log].</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 11:07, 26 January 2017
| H.M.S. Motagua (1912) | |
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| Pendant Number: | M.84 MI.81 (Jan 1918) MI.44 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Launched: | c. 1912 |
| Commissioned: | 31 Dec, 1914[2] |
| Decommissioned: | 18 Dec, 1919[3] |
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H.M.S. Motagua was a commercial liner, Emil L. Boas converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.
Service
Motagua was mined at 3:10am on 16 March, 1917 six and a half miles southwest of Eshaness Light. Captain Lawrence Leopold Dundas was praised by the Admiralty for his successful efforts to save the ship, bringing her immediately toward the nearest land and then toward Muckle Roe in company with the destroyer H.M.S. Griffon and a patrol drifter. By 5:30am she was within Busta Voe's boom defences and seeing to shoring up bulkheads.[4][5]
At 8:10am on 19 March 1918 at Lat 49.50, Long -8.47 while escorting a convoy out of Dakar, Motagua collided with the American destroyer U.S.S. Manley. The destroyer's depth charges detonated on her stern, heavily damaging Motagua and setting Manley afire. Twenty-eight of Motagua's crew were killed and many wounded (one of whom would later die).[6]
Armament
She was armed with:[7]
- six 6-in guns
- two 3-pdr H.A.
On 28 March, 1918, four PVs B Mark III** gun mountings, (numbers 217, 805, 572, 568) were landed and discharged to Bull Point.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Valentine E. B. Phillimore, 1 December, 1914[9][10] – 14 January, 1915[11][12]
- Captain John A. Webster, 14 January, 1915[13]
- Captain Lawrence L. Dundas, 27 July, 1916[14][15] – 10 May, 1918[16]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401s.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
- ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/420. f. 467.
- ↑ Ship's Log.
- ↑ Ship's Log.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
- ↑ Ship's Log.
- ↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401q.
- ↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401q.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401q.
- ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/420. f. 467.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 401s.
- ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/420. f. 467.
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