H.M.S. Heliotrope (1915)
| H.M.S. Heliotrope (1915) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | T.37 (Sep, 1915) T.41 (Jan, 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Lobnitz & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | May, 1915[3] |
| Launched: | 10 Sep, 1915[4] |
| Sold: | 7 Jan, 1935[5] |
H.M.S. Heliotrope was one of twelve Azalea Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
She was assigned to serve as one of the sloops attached to the Mediterranean Fleet without a flotilla designation, from some time in November, 1915 to some time in August, 1917.[6] She then became one of six or seven sloops listed as being part of the British Aegean Squadron, without a flotilla designation.[7] By mid-1918, this formation would obtain the designation of the Ninth Sloop Flotilla until the formation was disbanded in December, 1918. She and Spiraea left to become two of six sloops on the Black Sea and Marmora Division.[8]
She left Gibraltar for Portsmouth on 25 November 1920[9] and paid off 15 December, 1920, part of the Reserve Fleet in Portsmouth.[10]
After six years in reserve, she was refitted at Pembroke Dockyard for hot weather service[11] and commissioned on 15 December, 1926 for the America and West Indies Station.[12]
She was re-commissioned at Bermuda on 12 June, 1929 for service on the America and West Indies Station.[13] She re-commissioned at Bermuda on 26 September, 1931 for service on the America and West Indies Station.[14]
The ship was paid off into Reserve at Portsmouth on 31 May, 1933.[15]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Spencer R. S. Richards, 19 October, 1915[16] – October, 1918
- Lieutenant in Command Maurice Ewbank, July, 1918[17] – 15 December, 1920
- Lieutenant-Commander Maurice Ewbank, 20 March, 1926 – 29 April, 1926
- Commander Arthur B. A. Baker, 15 December, 1926[18] – c. mid November, 1927[19]
- Commander Basil L. Johnston, November, 1927[20] – June, 1928[21]
- Commander Arthur K. Gibson, 8 May, 1928[22]
- Captain Eric R. Corson, 18 May, 1930[23]
- Commander Geoffrey W. Wadham, 29 August, 1931[24]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 20 and Supplements through September 1917.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). p. 21.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 22.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 29 Nov. 1920, p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 245.
- ↑ "H.M.S. Heliotrope." The Times (London, England), 30 Jan. 1926, p. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 246.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394h.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 811.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 245.
- ↑ Johnston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/108. f. 465.
- ↑ Johnston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/108. f. 465.
- ↑ Johnston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/108. f. 465.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 245.
Bibliography
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