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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vincent Lewin Bowring|nick=Vincent L. Bowring|appt=23 March, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 401''d''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vincent Lewin Bowring|nick=Vincent L. Bowring|appt=23 March, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 401''d''}}}} | ||
{{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>}} | ||
− | {{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]]}} | + | {{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]]}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=May, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 725}}|note=as Commander (S)}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=May, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 725}}|note=as Commander (S)}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=30 June, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 723}}|note=as Commander (S)}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=30 June, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 723}}|note=as Commander (S)}} |
Revision as of 19:55, 16 June 2016
H.M.S. Ambrose (1903) | |
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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]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Commander Charles W. Bruton, 23 November, 1914[7][8] – 23 March, 1915[9]
- Commander Vincent L. Bowring, 23 March, 1915[10]
- Commander Nicholas E. Archdale, 15 November, 1917[11] – December, 1917[12]
- Commander Cecil P. Talbot, 19 September, 1918[13][14] – 30 October, 1920[15] (and for command of Ambrose's Flotilla)
- Commander Robert R. Turner, May, 1920[16] (as Commander (S))
- Commander Geoffrey R. S. Watkins, 30 June, 1922[17] (as Commander (S))
- Commander John G. Bower, 15 June, 1924[18] (as Commander (S) and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Alan G. D. Twigg, 1 August, 1928[19] – 14 November, 1928[20]
- Captain Charles G. Brodie, 17 November, 1939[21] – 14 March, 1940[22] (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. (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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401d.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 723.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 215.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
- ↑ 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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