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''Ambrose'' served submarines at Berehaven 1917-18 before moving to Falmouth in 1918.{{DittColl|p. 295}}
 
''Ambrose'' served submarines at Berehaven 1917-18 before moving to Falmouth in 1918.{{DittColl|p. 295}}
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She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 9 February, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 215}}
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She re-commissioned on 1 November, 1926 for work with the {{UK-SF|4}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul27|p. 215}}
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She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 4 December, 1928.{{NLJul34|p. 215}}  She served as an accommodation ship from at least mid-1931{{NLJul31|p. 215}} through at least mid-1934.{{NLJul34|p. 215}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapts otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Ambrose''" nat="UK">
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles William Bruton|nick=Charles W. Bruton|appt=23 November, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 401''c''}}<ref>Bruton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602891}} f. 116.</ref>|end=23 March, 1915<ref>Bruton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602891}} f. 116.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles William Bruton|nick=Charles W. Bruton|appt=23 November, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 401''c''}}<ref>Bruton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602891}} f. 116.</ref>|end=23 March, 1915<ref>Bruton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602891}} f. 116.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vincent Lewin Bowring|nick=Vincent L. Bowring|appt=23 March, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 401''d''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vincent Lewin Bowring|nick=Vincent L. Bowring|appt=23 March, 1915<ref>Bowring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/66.|D7602854}} f. 74.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 401''d''}}|end=8 October, 1915<ref>Bowring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/66.|D7602854}} f. 74.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith|nick=Martin E. Nasmith|appt=November, 1917<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90/89.|D8115817}} f. 89.</ref>|end=September, 1918<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/178.|D7604082}} f. 583.</ref>|note=and for command of [[Ambrose's Flotilla]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Nicholas Edward Archdale|nick=Nicholas E. Archdale|appt=15 November, 1917<ref>Archdale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 187.</ref>|end=December, 1917<ref>Archdale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 187.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Nicholas Edward Archdale|nick=Nicholas E. Archdale|appt=15 November, 1917<ref>Archdale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 187.</ref>|end=December, 1917<ref>Archdale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 187.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|nick=Cecil P. Talbot|appt=19 September, 1918{{NLDec19|p. 725}}|note=and for command of [[Ambrose's Flotilla]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|nick=Cecil P. Talbot|appt=19 September, 1918<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>{{NLDec19|p. 725}}|end=30 October, 1920<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>|note=and for command of [[Ambrose's Flotilla]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=May, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 725}}|note=as Commander (S)}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=May, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 725}}|end=1 July, 1922<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|note=as Commander (S)}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=30 June, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 723}}|note=as Commander (S)}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=30 June, 1922<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 723}}|end=1924<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|ass=1 July, 1922<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|note=as Commander (S)}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Graham Bower|nick=John G. Bower|appt=15 June, 1924<ref>Bower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/99.|D7604511}} f. 222.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 215}}|end=10 November, 1926<ref>Bower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/99.|D7604511}} f. 222.</ref>|note=as Commander (S), {{UK-SF|4}} and for duty with submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=15 June, 1926<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>|end=25 June, 1928<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>|note=and for Class I duty with submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I''' ''Sp.'')|name=Gerald Aylmer Garnons-Williams|nick=Gerald A. Garnons-Williams|appt=25 June, 1928|end=1 August, 1928|note=and as Commander (S)}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan George Despard Twigg|nick=Alan G. D. Twigg|appt=1 August, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>|end=14 November, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan George Despard Twigg|nick=Alan G. D. Twigg|appt=1 August, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>|end=14 November, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Beaumont Robinson|nick=Hugh B. Robinson|appt=19 November, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 215}}|end=10 July, 1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred William Sprott|nick=Alfred W. Sprott|appt=20 December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 215}}|end=9 March, 1932}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Murray|nick=John Murray|appt=9 March, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 214}}|end=1 March, 1933}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Graham Crossley|nick=John G. Crossley|appt=1 August, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 215}}|end=September, 1934<ref>Crossley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/99.|D7615897}} f. ?.  Date perhaps not entirely legible.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Rupert Cunningham Taylor|nick=Rupert C. Taylor|appt=8 August, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 214}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=17 November, 1939<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|end=14 March, 1940<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|note=and for Maintenance cuties on Staff of C-in-C, Rosyth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=17 November, 1939<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|end=14 March, 1940<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|note=and for Maintenance cuties on Staff of C-in-C, Rosyth}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_Ambrose.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
 
* [[Ambrose's Flotilla]]
 
* [[Ambrose's Flotilla]]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:00, 14 October 2019

H.M.S. Ambrose (1903)
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 re-commissioned on 1 November, 1926 for work with the Fourth Submarine Flotilla on the China Station.[8]

She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 4 December, 1928.[9] She served as an accommodation ship from at least mid-1931[10] through at least mid-1934.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401c.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 215.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401c.
  13. ↑ Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
  14. ↑ Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
  15. ↑ Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401d.
  17. ↑ Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
  18. ↑ Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90/89. f. 89.
  19. ↑ Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
  20. ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
  21. ↑ Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
  22. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 725.
  24. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 725.
  26. ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
  27. ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 723.
  29. ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  30. ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 215.
  32. ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
  33. ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  34. ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  35. ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
  36. ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
  41. ↑ Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. ?. Date perhaps not entirely legible.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
  43. ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  44. ↑ 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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