H.M.S. Aquarius (1900)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Aquarius (1900) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N.13 (1914) N.06 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Austin[2] |
| Launched: | 25 Sep, 1900[3] |
| Sold: | 14 May, 1920[4] |
H.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,[5] paying off at Chatham on 17 February, 1920.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Cyril T. Hewlett-Cooper, 6 March, 1913.[7]
- Commander Robert L. Way, O.B.E., 30 March, 1918.[8]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1914). p. 275.
- ↑ 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).
