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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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| − | {{Tenure|rank=Temporary {LiCRNR}}|name=Edwin Nixon|nick=Edwin Nixon|appt=26 July, 1916<ref>Nixon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/39/419.|}} f. 214.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 393''r''}}|end=8 November, 1916<ref>Nixon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/39/419.|}} f. 214.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=shot himself onboard}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Temporary {{LiCRNR}}|name=Edwin Nixon|nick=Edwin Nixon|appt=26 July, 1916<ref>Nixon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/39/419.|}} f. 214.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 393''r''}}|end=8 November, 1916<ref>Nixon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/39/419.|}} f. 214.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=shot himself onboard}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=James Budgen|nick=James Budgen|appt=9 November, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 393''r''}}|end=April, 1917|note=relieved in command after Court of Enquiry into continuous defects}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=James Budgen|nick=James Budgen|appt=9 November, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 393''r''}}|end=April, 1917|note=relieved in command after Court of Enquiry into continuous defects}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=George Washington Thomson|nick=George W. Thomson|appt=21 March, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''d''}}|end=late 1917}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=George Washington Thomson|nick=George W. Thomson|appt=21 March, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 393''d''}}|end=late 1917}} | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 4 August 2021
| H.M.S. Doncaster (1916) | |
|---|---|
| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 887[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.56 (Sep 1918)[2] |
| Builder: | Ayrshire Shipbuilding Company[3] |
| Ordered: | Sep 1915[4] |
| Launched: | 15 Jun, 1916[5] |
| Sold: | Mar, 1922[6] |
H.M.S. Doncaster was one of thirty-two Ascot Class paddle minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
In January, 1921, she was one of thirteen minesweepers lying, paid off at Rosyth.[7]
Captains
- Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Edwin Nixon, 26 July, 1916[8][9] – 8 November, 1916[10] (shot himself onboard)
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command James Budgen, 9 November, 1916[11] – April, 1917 (relieved in command after Court of Enquiry into continuous defects)
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command George W. Thomson, 21 March, 1917[12] – late 1917
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Mariner T. Holm, 31 December, 1917[13][14] – after 9 October, 1919[15]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111. See this note for more info.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 709a-11.
- ↑ Nixon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/419. f. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393r.
- ↑ Nixon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/419. f. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393r.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393d.
- ↑ Holm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/44/65. f. 69.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 779.
- ↑ Holm Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/44/65. f. 69.
Bibliography
| Ascot Class Paddle Minesweeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1915 Design | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ascot | Atherstone | Chelmsford | Chepstow | Croxton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doncaster | Eglinton | Epsom | Eridge | Gatwick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kempton | Lingfield | Ludlow | Melton | Newbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plumpton | Pontefract | Cheltenham | Goodwood | Haldon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hurst | Redcar | Sandown | Totnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enlarged, 1917 Design | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Banbury | Harpenden | Hexham | Lanark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lewes | Shincliffe | Shirley | Wetherby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minesweepers (UK) | Hunt Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
