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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Avenel Sommerville|nick=Frederick A. Sommerville|appt=28 October, 1918{{NLJan19|p. 920''a''}}<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|end=December, 1920<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S) of {{UK-SF|11}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Avenel Sommerville|nick=Frederick A. Sommerville|appt=28 October, 1918{{NLJan19|p. 920''a''}}<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|end=December, 1920<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S) of {{UK-SF|11}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Stuart Benning|nick=Charles S. Benning|appt=31 December, 1920<ref>Benning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 821}}|end=March, 1923<ref>Benning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S) in command of the [[China Submarine Flotilla]]}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Stuart Benning|nick=Charles S. Benning|appt=31 December, 1920<ref>Benning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 821}}|end=March, 1923<ref>Benning Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/183.|D7604281}} f. 98.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S) in command of the [[China Submarine Flotilla]]}} | ||
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| 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 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]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Captain Stanley L. Willis, 21 October, 1915[8] – c. October, 1918
- Captain Frederick A. Sommerville, 28 October, 1918[9][10] – December, 1920[11] (and as Captain (S) of Eleventh Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain Charles S. Benning, 31 December, 1920[12][13] – March, 1923[14] (and as Captain (S) in command of the China Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain Charles G. Brodie, 1 February, 1923[15] (and as Captain (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain Robert H. T. Raikes, March, 1925[16] – March, 1927[17] (and as Captain (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain John B. Glencross, March, 1927[18] – February, 1929[19] (and as Captain (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Henry I. M. L. Scott, 28 March, 1930[20] – 31 October, 1930[21]
- Captain Hugh R. Marrack, 1 November, 1930[22] – 2 February, 1931[23] (and as Captain (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Edward G. Stanley, 2 February, 1931 – 6 February, 1933 (and as Commander (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Edward A. Aylmer, 6 February, 1933 – 23 July, 1935 (and as Commander (S), Sixth 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. (April, 1925). p. 275a.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Glencross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
- ↑ 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.
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).
