H.M.S. Aquarius (1900)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchH.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 June, 1907. She served the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla 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,[1] paying off at Chatham on 17 February, 1920.[2]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Montague G. Philpott, 11 June, 1907[3]
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest Hamilton-Bate, 6 November, 1909[4][5] – 18 December, 1911[6]
- Lieutenant-Commander John Kiddle, 19 December, 1911[7] – 22 December, 1911[8]
- Lieutenant-Commander Bertram O. F. Phibbs, 10 January, 1912[9] – 6 March, 1913
- Commander Cyril T. Hewlett-Cooper, 6 March, 1913[10] – 5 March, 1918
- Commander Robert L. Way, 30 March, 1918[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 278.
- ↑ Hamilton-Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/149. f. 152.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 278.
- ↑ Hamilton-Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/149. f. 152.
- ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
- ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391j.
- ↑ 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).
