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She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.{{DittColl|p. 52}}
 
She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.{{DittColl|p. 52}}
  
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''Argus'' was designed by Lt.-Col. Holmes of the {{RAF}}.  Her hangar could accommodate one of the new eighteen-plane Torpedo Aeroplane Squadrons equipped with Sopwith T.1s and provided for storage of thirty torpedoes.  A torpedo shop could store another twenty-eight weapons, which were presumably the [[18-in Mark IX Torpedo (UK)|18-in Mark IX torpedo]].  Steam lines on the flying deck could warm torpedoes as aircraft awaited launch, to try to ensure a stable operating temperature when an attack was launched.{{ARTS1918|pp. 94-5}}
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''Argus'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 January, 1924.{{NLApr25|pp. 215, 216}}
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She paid off into Dockyard Control on 2 November, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 215}}
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She re-commissioned at the Nore on 19 January, 1927 for service in the Atlantic Fleet, with a Headquarters Flight and Flights 401, 422, and 441 embarked.{{NLFeb29|pp. 215-6}}
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''Argus'' was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 216}}
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She was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 15 December, 1932.{{NLJul34|p. 215}}
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''Argus'' arrived at Devonport on 4 July, 1936{{MoS|7 July 1936, p. 11}} was taken into Dockyard Control on 6 July.{{NLJul37|p. 216}}
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''Argus'' was commissioned at Devonport on 30 July, 1938.{{NLMay39|p. 257}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Argus''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Argus|f=p}}}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Argus''">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Humphrey Hugh Smith|nick=Humphrey H. Smith|appt=14 September, 1918{{NLJul20|p. 727}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Humphrey Hugh Smith|nick=Humphrey H. Smith|appt=14 September, 1918{{NLJul20|p. 727}}|end=31 July, 1920{{NLJul20|p. 727}}{{NLJan21|p. 727}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|nick=Anselan J. B. Stirling|appt=31 July, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 727}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|nick=Anselan J. B. Stirling|appt=31 July, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 727}}<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=15 August, 1922<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=15 August, 1922<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis George Gillilan Chilton|nick=Francis G. G. Chilton|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Chilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>|end=15 August, 1924<ref>Chilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis George Gillilan Chilton|nick=Francis G. G. Chilton|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Chilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>|end=15 August, 1924<ref>Chilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603338}} f. 86.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|appt=3 September, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|end=14 October, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stanley Lyte Willis|nick=Stanley L. Willis|appt=15 August, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 215}}|end=9 August, 1926}}
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{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Maitland Walter Sabine Boucher|nick=Maitland W. S. Boucher|appt=14 October, 1926<ref>Boucher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>|end=5 November, 1928<ref>Boucher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James W. Murray|appt=21 November, 1926<ref>Murray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|end=17 January, 1927<ref>Murray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|note=loaned from {{UK-ArkRoyal}} for trials}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Robinson Palmer|nick=Alexander R. Palmer|appt=17 January, 1927<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/46.|D7603298}} f. 46.</ref>|end=16 June, 1928<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/46.|D7603298}} f. 46.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril St. Clair Cameron|nick=Cyril St. C. Cameron|appt=16 June, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 215}}|end=August, 1929{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Colin Alfred Molyneux Sarel|nick=Colin A. M. Sarel|appt=27 August, 1929|end=22 April, 1930}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Basil Lyall Johnston|nick=Basil L. Johnston|appt=22 April, 1930<ref>Johnston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/108.|}} f. 465.</ref>|end=15 July, 1930<ref>Johnston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/108.|}} f. 465.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ernest Russell Archer|nick=Ernest R. Archer|appt=14 July, 1930<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|end=9 September, 1930<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|note=ship is in reserve}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Edgar Buckland|nick=Arthur E. Buckland|appt=9 September, 1930{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Wednesday, Aug 27, 1930; pg. 15; Issue 45602}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Cantrell Johnstone Soutter|nick=James C. J. Soutter|appt=3 March, 1931<ref>Soutter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/127/8.|}}  f. 8.</ref>{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Friday, Jan 23, 1931; pg. 6; Issue 45728}}|end=22 May, 1931<ref>Soutter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/127/8.|}}  f. 8.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claud Anthony Merriman|nick=Claud A. Merriman|appt=22 May, 1931<ref>Merriman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/53.|}} f. 408.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 216}}|end=4 September, 1931<ref>Merriman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/53.|}} f. 408.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil C. B. Vacher|appt=3 September, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|end=14 October, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|note=ship is in reserve}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Paul Felix Palmer Berryman|nick=Paul F. P. Berryman|appt=14 October, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=5 June, 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Edward Boultbee|nick=Gerald E. Boultbee|appt=8 June, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 216}}{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Friday, May 11, 1934; pg. 26; Issue 46751}}|end=21 January, 1936<ref>Weir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William David Gordon Weir|nick=William D. G. Weir|appt=21 January, 1936<ref>Weir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=28 January, 1936<ref>Weir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>|note=temporary command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry James Johnstone|nick=Henry J. Johnstone|appt=22 January, 1936{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Saturday, Dec 21, 1935; pg. 15; Issue 47253}}|end=July, 1936|note=placed into Dockyard Hands for conversion to target drone carrier}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Frederick Hubert Sawyer|nick=John F. H. Sawyer|appt=29 March, 1938{{ToL|Completion of the Argus|Tuesday, Mar 29, 1938; pg. 11; Issue 47955}}|end=26 May, 1938{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=26 May, 1938<ref>Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=3 July, 1939<ref>Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=7 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=16 August, 1940<ref>Bovell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke|nick=Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke|appt=16 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=12 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Tom Oliver Bulteel|nick=Tom O. Bulteel|appt=12 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=29 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Tothill Philip|nick=George T. Philip|appt=29 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=15 January, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Lockhart St. John Fancourt|nick=Henry L. St. J. Fancourt|appt=15 January, 1943<ref>Fancourt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/43.|}} f. 43.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=6 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}<ref>Fancourt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/43.|}} f. 43.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Villiers Nicholas Surtees|nick=Villiers N. Surtees|appt=6 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=3 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Henry Bell Carleton Holmes|nick=Henry B. C. Holmes|appt=3 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=17 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Villiers Nicholas Surtees|nick=Villiers N. Surtees|appt=17 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=27 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRNR}}|name=Robert Henry Campbell Crawford|nick=Robert H. C. Crawford|appt=27 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=20 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRNVR}}|name=Alan Douglas Bruford|nick=Alan D. Bruford|appt=20 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|3254}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 23:21, 10 November 2022

H.M.S. Argus (1917)
Pendant Number: N.96 (1919)
49 (Sep, 1919)[1]
Builder: William Beardmore & Company[2]
Launched: 2 Dec, 1917[3]
Commissioned: Sep, 1918[4]
Sold: 5 Dec, 1946[5]

H.M.S. Argus was an aircraft carrier completed for the Royal Navy in 1918, but which was originally designed to be the Italian ocean liner Conte Rosso. Despite her odd genesis, she boasted a continuous flight deck and more accurately reflected a mature aircraft carrier than any previous vessel.

She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.[6]

Construction & Service

Argus was designed by Lt.-Col. Holmes of the R.A.F.. Her hangar could accommodate one of the new eighteen-plane Torpedo Aeroplane Squadrons equipped with Sopwith T.1s and provided for storage of thirty torpedoes. A torpedo shop could store another twenty-eight weapons, which were presumably the 18-in Mark IX torpedo. Steam lines on the flying deck could warm torpedoes as aircraft awaited launch, to try to ensure a stable operating temperature when an attack was launched.[7]

Argus was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 January, 1924.[8]

She paid off into Dockyard Control on 2 November, 1925.[9]

She re-commissioned at the Nore on 19 January, 1927 for service in the Atlantic Fleet, with a Headquarters Flight and Flights 401, 422, and 441 embarked.[10]

Argus was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1930.[11]

She was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 15 December, 1932.[12]

Argus arrived at Devonport on 4 July, 1936[13] was taken into Dockyard Control on 6 July.[14]

Argus was commissioned at Devonport on 30 July, 1938.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. pp. 94-5.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 215, 216.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 215.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). pp. 215-6.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
  13. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 7 July 1936, p. 11.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 216.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 257.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 727.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 727.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
  20. ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  21. ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  22. ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
  23. ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 215.
  25. ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
  26. ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
  27. ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  28. ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  29. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
  30. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
  32. ↑ Johnston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/108. f. 465.
  33. ↑ Johnston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/108. f. 465.
  34. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  35. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  36. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 27, 1930; pg. 15; Issue 45602.
  37. ↑ Soutter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/8. f. 8.
  38. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 23, 1931; pg. 6; Issue 45728.
  39. ↑ Soutter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/8. f. 8.
  40. ↑ Merriman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/53. f. 408.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
  42. ↑ Merriman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/53. f. 408.
  43. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  44. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
  46. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 216.
  47. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 11, 1934; pg. 26; Issue 46751.
  48. ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
  49. ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
  50. ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
  51. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 21, 1935; pg. 15; Issue 47253.
  52. ↑ "Completion of the Argus." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Mar 29, 1938; pg. 11; Issue 47955.
  53. ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
  54. ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
  55. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
  57. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  61. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  62. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  63. ↑ Fancourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/43. f. 43.
  64. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  65. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  66. ↑ Fancourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/43. f. 43.
  67. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  68. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  69. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  70. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  71. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  72. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  73. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  74. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  75. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  76. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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