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Revision as of 21:41, 19 September 2020
| H.M.S. Titania (1915) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 7C (Jan 1916) AC (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Clyde Shipbuilding Company[2] |
| Launched: | 4 Mar, 1915[3] |
| Broken up: | Sep 1949[4] |
H.M.S. Titania was building as a civil vessel, but was purchased in 1915 and converted to a submarine depot ship.
Service
Titania completed conversion to a depot ship in November, 1915 and started with the Eleventh Submarine Flotilla, serving the submarines of the Eleventh Submarine Flotilla at Blyth 1915-1918 as they supported the Grand Fleet.[5]
At the end of 1920, she was serving as flagship of the China Submarine Flotilla.[6]
She was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 9 February, 1924.[7]
The ship was re-commissioned 5 November, 1926.[8]
Titania was re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 October, 1930 for work with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla. She remained at this through at least mid-1937.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Captain Stanley L. Willis, 21 October, 1915[10] – c. October, 1918
- Captain Frederick A. Sommerville, 28 October, 1918[11][12] – December, 1920[13] (and as Captain (S) of Eleventh Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain Charles S. Benning, 31 December, 1920[14][15] – March, 1923[16] (and as Captain (S) in command of the China Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain Charles G. Brodie, 1 February, 1923[17] (and as Captain (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain Robert H. T. Raikes, March, 1925[18] – March, 1927[19] (and as Captain (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain John B. Glencross, 27 January, 1927[20] – February, 1929[21] (and as Captain (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Anthony B. Lockhart, January, 1929 (and as Commander (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Henry I. M. L. Scott, 28 March, 1930[22] – 31 October, 1930[23]
- Captain Hugh R. Marrack, 1 November, 1930[24] – 2 February, 1931[25] (and as Captain (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Edward G. Stanley, 2 February, 1931[26] – 6 February, 1933 (and as Commander (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Edward A. Aylmer, 6 February, 1933[27] – 23 July, 1935 (and as Commander (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Geoffrey M. K. Keble-White, 23 July, 1935[28] – 26 August, 1936 (and as Commander (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Ian A. P. Macintyre, 26 August, 1936[29] – 28 April, 1938 (and as Commander (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Jocelyn S. Bethell, 28 April, 1938[30] – 27 April, 1940[31]
- Captain Hugo M. C. Ionides, 1 July, 1940[32] – 14 August, 1940[33]
- Captain Philip Ruck Keene, 14 August, 1940[34] – 9 September, 1940[35]
- Commander Harold R. Conway, December 1941[36] – 12 June, 1942[37]
- Commander Geoffrey M. Sladen, 12 June, 1942[38] – early 1943[39]
- Commander (retired) William R. Fell, early 1943[40] – 18 January, 1944[41]
- Commander (retired) Thomas B. Brunton, 18 January, 1944[42] – 8 March, 1944[43]
- Acting Commander (retired) Sydney Pengelly, early 1944[44] – mid 1945[45]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 875.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 275a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398m.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 920a.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ Benning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/183. f. 98.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 821.
- ↑ Benning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/183. f. 98.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 275.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 275.
- ↑ Glencross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
- ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 280.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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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).
