H.M.S. Onyx (1892)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Onyx (1892) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D.07 (1914) N.07 (Sep 1915) N.75 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Laird[2] |
| Launched: | 7 Sep, 1892[3] |
| Sold: | Aug, 1924[4] |
H.M.S. Onyx was completed as a torpedo gunboat, but was converted along with her sister Hebe to submarine depot ship before the Great War.
Service
Onyx was converted to a submarine depot ship in 1908.[5] She would serve first with the Devonport Local Defence Flotilla, which would become the First Submarine Flotilla around 1912.
She served with the First Submarine Flotilla at Devonport 1914-16, then as a base ship at Torbay in 1917 and 1918.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander William B. May, 1 February, 1896[7] – 5 August, 1896[Inference] (in command for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896)
- Lieutenant & Commander Lionel G. S. Hancock, 5 August, 1896[8][9] – 19 November, 1899[10] (including Jubilee Naval Review and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Lieutenant & Commander Gerald Oliver, 4 September, 1899[11] – 10 January, 1902
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles Chadwick, 10 January, 1902[12] – 16 May, 1903
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith, 17 June, 1903[13] – 22 October, 1904
- Lieutenant & Commander Adrian St. Vincent Keyes, 4 October, 1907[14][15] – 1 November, 1908[16] (and for command of "A" class submarines)
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest W. Leir, 1 November, 1908[17] – 8 August, 1910[18] (and for "A" Class Submarines)
- Lieutenant & Commander Francis A. N. Cromie, 8 August, 1910[19][20] – 15 August, 1912[21] (and for command of Devonport Submarine Flotilla)
- Lieutenant & Commander George H. Pownall, 10 May, 1912[22][23] – 22 August, 1913[24] (and for command of First Submarine Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Tom K. Triggs, 22 August, 1913[25] – 1 November, 1915 (and for Submarines and for command of First Submarine Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Stopford C. Douglas, 1 November, 1915 – 16 February, 1916 (and for Submarines and for command of First Submarine Flotilla)
- Acting Commander Adrian St. V. Keyes, 17 January, 1918[26][27] – 1 August, 1918[28] (and as S.N.O., Torquay)
- Acting Captain William B. Macdonald, 1 August, 1918[29][30] – 17 April, 1919[31] (and as S.N.O., Torbay)
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.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 1 February, 1896. Issue 34802, col B, p. 7.
- ↑ Hancock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/532. f. 591.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 245.
- ↑ Hancock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/532. f. 591.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 350.
- ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21
- ↑ Cromie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/86. f. 291.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 350.
- ↑ Cromie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/86. f. 291.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 7 May 1912, p. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396h.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 8.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 855.
- ↑ Macdonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/113. f. 121.
- ↑ Macdonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/113. f. 121.
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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