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In early 1933, she is the only boat in her class in the ''Navy List'', and listed as having been "reduced to immediate Reserve at Gosport" and part of the {{UK-SF|5}} on 22 July, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 262}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 19:14, 19 April 2018

H.M.S. R 4 (1918)
Pendant Number: R.4[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: October, 1917[3]
Launched: 8 Jun, 1918[4]
Sold: May, 1934[5]
H.M.S. R 4 was one of ten "R" class submarines built for the Royal Navy.

Service

From at least mid-1927[6] to at least early 1929, she was part of the Sixth Submarine Flotilla, tender to Vulcan.[7]

In early 1933, she is the only boat in her class in the Navy List, and listed as having been "reduced to immediate Reserve at Gosport" and part of the Fifth Submarine Flotilla on 22 July, 1932.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

A Lieutenant in Command S. J. C. Nichols was appointed in command on 21 April, 1930, but I am having trouble identifying him fully.[20]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 91.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  3. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 40.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 261.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 261.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 262.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 851.
  10. Dorman-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/24. f.24.
  11. Dorman-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/24. f.24.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 797.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 262.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 261.
  15. Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/28. f.28.
  16. Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/28. f.28.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 261.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 261.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 261.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 262.

Bibliography


"R" Class Submarine
R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 7
R 8 R 9 R 10 R 11 R 12
<– "M" Class Submarines (UK) Oxley Class –>