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Revision as of 15:49, 4 November 2017
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]
She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 9 February, 1924.[7]
She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 4 December, 1928. By mid-1931, she was serving as an accommodation ship.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Commander Charles W. Bruton, 23 November, 1914[9][10] – 23 March, 1915[11]
- Commander Vincent L. Bowring, 23 March, 1915[12][13] – 8 October, 1915[14]
- Commander Martin E. Nasmith, November, 1917[15] – September, 1918[16] (and for command of Ambrose's Flotilla)
- Commander Nicholas E. Archdale, 15 November, 1917[17] – December, 1917[18]
- Commander Cecil P. Talbot, 19 September, 1918[19][20] – 30 October, 1920[21] (and for command of Ambrose's Flotilla)
- Commander Robert R. Turner, May, 1920[22] – 1 July, 1922[23] (as Commander (S))
- Commander Geoffrey R. S. Watkins, 30 June, 1922[24][25] – 1924[26] (as Commander (S))
- Commander John G. Bower, 15 June, 1924[27][28] – 10 November, 1926[29] (as Commander (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla and for duty with submarines)
- Lieutenant-Commander Allan Poland, 15 June, 1926[30] – 25 June, 1928[31] (and for Class I duty with submarines)
- Commander (I Sp.) Gerald A. Garnons-Williams, 25 June, 1928 – 1 August, 1928 (and as Commander (S))
- Commander Alan G. D. Twigg, 1 August, 1928[32] – 14 November, 1928[33]
- Commander Hugh B. Robinson, 19 November, 1928 – 10 July, 1929
- Lieutenant-Commander (in Command?) Alfred W. Sprott, 20 December, 1930[34] – 9 March, 1932
- Captain Charles G. Brodie, 17 November, 1939[35] – 14 March, 1940[36] (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. (April, 1925). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401d.
- ↑ Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
- ↑ Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90/89. f. 89.
- ↑ Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
- ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
- ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 725.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 725.
- ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
- ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 723.
- ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
- ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 215.
- ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
- ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
- ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
- ↑ 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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