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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Avenel Sommerville|nick=Frederick A. Sommerville|appt=28 October, 1918.{{NLJan19|p. 920a}}|note=and in command of a submarine flotilla}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Stuart Benning|nick=Charles S. Benning|appt=December, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 875}}|note=and as Captain (S) in command of the [[China Submarine Flotilla]]}} | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 15:31, 19 May 2014
| H.M.S. Titania (1915) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 7C (Jan 1916) AC (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Clyde Shipbuilding[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. She served 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]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Commander Frederick A. Sommerville, 28 October, 1918.[7] (and in command of a submarine flotilla)
- Captain Charles S. Benning, December, 1920[8] (and as Captain (S) in command of the China Submarine Flotilla)
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. (January, 1919). p. 920a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 875.
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).
