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She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 9 February, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 215}} | She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 9 February, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 215}} | ||
| − | She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 4 December, 1928. | + | 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}} | ||
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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}} ('''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>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Beaumont Robinson|nick=Hugh B. Robinson|appt=19 November, 1928|end=10 July, 1929}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Beaumont Robinson|nick=Hugh B. Robinson|appt=19 November, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 215}}|end=10 July, 1929}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred William Sprott|nick=Alfred W. Sprott|appt=20 December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 215}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred William Sprott|nick=Alfred W. Sprott|appt=20 December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 215}}|end=9 March, 1932}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Murray|nick=John Murray|appt=9 March, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 214}}|end=1 March, 1933}} | ||
| + | {{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>}} | ||
| + | {{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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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.
- Commander Charles W. Bruton, 23 November, 1914[12][13] – 23 March, 1915[14]
- Commander Vincent L. Bowring, 23 March, 1915[15][16] – 8 October, 1915[17]
- Commander Martin E. Nasmith, November, 1917[18] – September, 1918[19] (and for command of Ambrose's Flotilla)
- Commander Nicholas E. Archdale, 15 November, 1917[20] – December, 1917[21]
- Commander Cecil P. Talbot, 19 September, 1918[22][23] – 30 October, 1920[24] (and for command of Ambrose's Flotilla)
- Commander Robert R. Turner, May, 1920[25] – 1 July, 1922[26] (as Commander (S))
- Commander Geoffrey R. S. Watkins, 30 June, 1922[27][28] – 1924[29] (as Commander (S))
- Commander John G. Bower, 15 June, 1924[30][31] – 10 November, 1926[32] (as Commander (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla and for duty with submarines)
- Lieutenant-Commander Allan Poland, 15 June, 1926[33] – 25 June, 1928[34] (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[35] – 14 November, 1928[36]
- Commander Hugh B. Robinson, 19 November, 1928[37] – 10 July, 1929
- Lieutenant-Commander Alfred W. Sprott, 20 December, 1930[38] – 9 March, 1932
- Lieutenant-Commander John Murray, 9 March, 1932[39] – 1 March, 1933
- Lieutenant-Commander John G. Crossley, 1 August, 1933[40] – September, 1934[41]
- Lieutenant-Commander Rupert C. Taylor, 8 August, 1935[42]
- Captain Charles G. Brodie, 17 November, 1939[43] – 14 March, 1940[44] (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, 1927). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). 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. (February, 1929). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
- ↑ Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. ?. Date perhaps not entirely legible.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
- ↑ 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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