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'''H.M.S. ''Aquarius''''' was the former S. S. ''Hampstead'', purchased in 1902 as a distillery vessel and converted into a depot ship.
 
'''H.M.S. ''Aquarius''''' was the former S. S. ''Hampstead'', purchased in 1902 as a distillery vessel and converted into a depot ship.
  
 
==Service==
 
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''Aquarius'' completed conversion into a depot ship in June, 1907.  She served the {{UK-DF|8}} in the Forth in 1914-15 and then submarines in the Mediterranean in 1915.  She finished the war as a water carrier and depot ship in the Mediterranean,{{DittColl|p. 293}} paying off at Chatham on 17 February, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 727}}
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''Aquarius'' completed conversion into a depot ship in 1907, commissioning on 11 June. By mid-1911 she was working with the {{UK-DF|3}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul11|p. 279}} She served the {{UK-DF|8}} in the Forth in 1914-15, becoming the first ship to berth in the newly-constructed [[Rosyth Dockyard]] on 2 October, 1914.{{UKTH47|p. 3}}
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She was a submarine depot ship in the Mediterranean in 1915.  She finished the war as a water carrier and depot ship in the Mediterranean,{{DittColl|p. 293}} paying off at Chatham on 17 February, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 727}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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Latest revision as of 21:57, 7 December 2021

H.M.S. Aquarius (1900)
Pendant Number: N.13 (1914)
N.06 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Austin & Son[2]
Launched: 1900
Sold: 14 May, 1920[3]

H.M.S. Aquarius was the former S. S. Hampstead, purchased in 1902 as a distillery vessel and converted into a depot ship.

Service

Aquarius completed conversion into a depot ship in 1907, commissioning on 11 June. By mid-1911 she was working with the Third Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[4] She served the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla in the Forth in 1914-15, becoming the first ship to berth in the newly-constructed Rosyth Dockyard on 2 October, 1914.[5]

She was a submarine depot ship in the Mediterranean in 1915. She finished the war as a water carrier and depot ship in the Mediterranean,[6] paying off at Chatham on 17 February, 1920.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 279.
  5. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 6, Part 47. p. 3.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
  8. ↑ Philpott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/122. f. 124.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 278.
  10. ↑ Philpott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/122. f. 124.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 279.
  12. ↑ Hamilton-Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/149. f. 152.
  13. ↑ Hamilton-Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/149. f. 152.
  14. ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  15. ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 278.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391j.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 727.

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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