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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wilfred Tomkinson|nick=Wilfred Tomkinson|appt=12 January, 1912{{NLJul14|p. 316}}<ref>Tomkinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 375.</ref>|end=August, 1914<ref>Tomkinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 375.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wilfred Tomkinson|nick=Wilfred Tomkinson|appt=12 January, 1912{{NLJul14|p. 316}}<ref>Tomkinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 375.</ref>|end=August, 1914<ref>Tomkinson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 375.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Nicholas Edward Archdale|nick=Nicholas E. Archdale|appt=31 October, 1914{{NLNov17|p. 393''v''}}<ref>Archdale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 187.</ref>|end=after October, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 394''m''}}|note=and for duty with Submarines}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Nicholas Edward Archdale|nick=Nicholas E. Archdale|appt=31 October, 1914{{NLNov17|p. 393''v''}}<ref>Archdale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 187.</ref>|end=after October, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 394''m''}}|note=and for duty with Submarines}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gilbert Hilton Kellett|nick=Gilbert H. Kellett|appt=15 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 795}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gilbert Hilton Kellett|nick=Gilbert H. Kellett|appt=15 November, 1917<ref>Kellett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/204.|D7604302}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 795}}|end=25 February, 1919<ref>Kellett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/204.|D7604302}} f. ?.</ref>|note-and for submarines}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''S''')|name=Brownlow Villiers Layard|nick=Brownlow V. Layard|appt=February, 1919{{NLDec19|p. 775}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''S''')|name=Brownlow Villiers Layard|nick=Brownlow V. Layard|appt=February, 1919{{NLDec19|p. 775}}|end=}} | ||
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Revision as of 19:41, 31 August 2016
| H.M.S. Forth (1886) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 1 Dec, 1884[2] |
| Launched: | 23 Oct, 1886[3] |
| Commissioned: | 1889[4] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Forth completed as one of four second class protected cruisers of the Mersey class in 1889, but served in the Great War as a submarine depot ship.
Service
She completed conversion to a sea-going submarine depot ship in August 1904.[5]
In July 1914, she was attached to the Third Submarine Flotilla for the Test Mobilisation.[6] In January, 1915, she transferred to the Tenth Submarine Flotilla. She remained there until August 1916 when she went to help the Eighth Submarine Flotilla, but she remained there only about one month. In September, she was with the Ninth Submarine Flotilla where she would remain through the end of the war.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edgar Lees, 28 July, 1904[7]
- Commander Sydney S. Hall, May, 1905[8] – 12 November, 1906[9]
- Commander Maurice S. FitzMaurice, May, 1906[10] – 4 October, 1906[11] (lent)
- Commander Robert W. Johnson, 12 November, 1906[12] (and for duty with submarines and in command of the Devonport Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Algernon H. C. Candy, 17 November, 1909[13] (and for command of Devonport Seagoing Flotilla)
- Commander Wilfred Tomkinson, 12 January, 1912[14][15] – August, 1914[16]
- Commander Nicholas E. Archdale, 31 October, 1914[17][18] – after October, 1916[19] (and for duty with Submarines)
- Commander Gilbert H. Kellett, 15 November, 1917[20][21] – 25 February, 1919[22]
- Commander (S) Brownlow V. Layard, February, 1919[23]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 317.
- ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 258.
- ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 258.
- ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
- ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 318.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 316.
- ↑ Tomkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 375.
- ↑ Tomkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 375.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393v.
- ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394m.
- ↑ Kellett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/204. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.
- ↑ Kellett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/204. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 775.
Bibliography
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