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Revision as of 17:53, 3 November 2015
| H.M.S. Platypus (1916) | |
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| Pendant Number: | C8 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John Brown[2] |
| Launched: | 28 Oct, 1916[3] |
| Sold: | Dec, 1957[4] |
H.M.S. Platypus was completed to navy order as a depot ship. Originally intended to support the Australian submarines AE 1 and AE 2, she became available after they were lost and was then commissioned in the Royal Navy.
Service
Platypus served with British submarines at Harwich throughout the war.[5]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Commander Charles G. Brodie, March, 1917[6] – 28 October, 1918[7] (and for submarines)
- Captain Edward C. Boyle, 28 October, 1918[8][9] – after March, 1919[10] (and in command of a Submarine Flotilla)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
- ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600. Day of month taken from successor.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 950.
- ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/135. f. 138.
- ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/135. f. 138.
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).
