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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}/{{LCommRN}}|name=Tom Kenneth Triggs|nick=Tom K. Triggs|appt=22 August, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 396''h''}}|note=and for Submarines and for command of Flotilla}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}/{{LCommRN}}|name=Tom Kenneth Triggs|nick=Tom K. Triggs|appt=22 August, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 396''h''}}|note=and for Submarines and for command of Flotilla}}

Revision as of 10:51, 16 January 2017

H.M.S. Onyx (1892)
Pendant Number: D.07 (1914)
N.07 (Sep 1915)
N.75 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Laird[2]
Launched: 7 Sep, 1892[3]
Sold: Aug, 1924[4]

H.M.S. Onyx was completed as a torpedo gunboat, but was converted along with her sister Hebe to submarine depot ship before the Great War.

Service

Onyx converted to a depot ship in 1908.[5]

She served with the First Submarine Flotilla at Devonport 1914-16, then as a base ship at Torbay in 1917 and 1918.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 1 February, 1896. Issue 34802, col B, p. 7.
  8. ↑ Hancock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/532. f. 591.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 245.
  10. ↑ Hancock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/532. f. 591.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 286.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 286.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 286.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 350.
  18. ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21
  19. ↑ Cromie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/86. f. 291.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 350.
  21. ↑ Cromie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/86. f. 291.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 351.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396h.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 855.

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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