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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=May, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 725}}|note=as Commander (S)}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=May, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 725}}|note=as Commander (S)}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=30 June, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 723}}|note=as Commander (S)}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=30 June, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 723}}|note=as Commander (S)}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Graham Bower|nick=John G. Bower|appt=15 June, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 215}}|note=as Commander (S) and for duty with submarines}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan George Despard Twigg|nick=Alan G. D. Twigg|appt=1 August, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>|end=14 November, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan George Despard Twigg|nick=Alan G. D. Twigg|appt=1 August, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>|end=14 November, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=17 November, 1939<ref>Brodie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|end=14 March, 1940<ref>Brodie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|note=and for Maintenance cuties on Staff of C-in-C, Rosyth}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=17 November, 1939<ref>Brodie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|end=14 March, 1940<ref>Brodie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|note=and for Maintenance cuties on Staff of C-in-C, Rosyth}} |
Revision as of 13:34, 1 April 2016
H.M.S. Ambrose (1903) | |
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Pendant Number: | C1 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Raylton Dixon[2] |
Launched: | 31 Mar, 1903[3] |
Sold: | 10 Aug, 1946[4] |
H.M.S. Ambrose was a civilian vessel hired as an A.M.C. in 1914, but then purchase for use as a depot ship.
Service
Ambrose was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 10 December, 1914.[5]
Ambrose served submarines at Berehaven 1917-18 before moving to Falmouth in 1918.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Commander Charles W. Bruton, 23 November, 1914[7][8] – 23 March, 1915[9]
- Commander Vincent L. Bowring, 23 March, 1915[10]
- Commander Nicholas E. Archdale, 15 November, 1917[11] – December, 1917[12]
- Commander Cecil P. Talbot, 19 September, 1918[13] (and for command of Ambrose's Flotilla)
- Commander Robert R. Turner, May, 1920[14] (as Commander (S))
- Commander Geoffrey R. S. Watkins, 30 June, 1922[15] (as Commander (S))
- Commander John G. Bower, 15 June, 1924[16] (as Commander (S) and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Alan G. D. Twigg, 1 August, 1928[17] – 14 November, 1928[18]
- Captain Charles G. Brodie, 17 November, 1939[19] – 14 March, 1940[20] (and for Maintenance cuties on Staff of C-in-C, Rosyth)
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401c.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401c.
- ↑ Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
- ↑ Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401d.
- ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
- ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 725.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 725.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 723.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 215.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
- ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
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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