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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel George Spiridione Hancock|nick=Lionel G. S. Hancock|appt=5 August, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 245}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel George Spiridione Hancock|nick=Lionel G. S. Hancock|appt=5 August, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 245}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gerald Oliver|nick=Gerald Oliver|appt=4 September, 1899{{NLMar01|p. 286}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gerald Oliver|nick=Gerald Oliver|appt=4 September, 1899{{NLMar01|p. 286}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Smith|appt=17 June, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 351}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Smith|appt=17 June, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 351}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest William Leir|nick=Ernest W. Leir|appt=1 November, 1908{{NLApr10|p. 350}}|end=8 August, 1910<ref>Leir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/21}}</ref>|note=And for [["A" Class Submarine (1902)|"A" Class Submarines]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest William Leir|nick=Ernest W. Leir|appt=1 November, 1908{{NLApr10|p. 350}}|end=8 August, 1910<ref>Leir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/21}}</ref>|note=and for [["A" Class Submarine (1902)|"A" Class Submarines]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Allen Newton Cromie|nick=Francis A. N. Cromie|appt=8 August, 1910{{NLJan12|p. 350}}|note=And for command of Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Allen Newton Cromie|nick=Francis A. N. Cromie|appt=8 August, 1910{{NLJan12|p. 350}}|note=and for command of Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Harley Pownall|nick=George H. Pownall|appt=10 May, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 350}}|end=22 August, 1913{{NLFeb14|p. 351}}|note=And for command of Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Harley Pownall|nick=George H. Pownall|appt=10 May, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 350}}|end=22 August, 1913{{NLFeb14|p. 351}}|note=and for command of Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}/{{LCommRN}}|name=Tom Kenneth Triggs|nick=Tom K. Triggs|appt=22 August, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 396''h''}}|note=And for Submarines and for command of Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}/{{LCommRN}}|name=Tom Kenneth Triggs|nick=Tom K. Triggs|appt=22 August, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 396''h''}}|note=and for Submarines and for command of Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=William Balfour Macdonald|nick=William B. Macdonald|appt=1 August, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 855}}|note=and as S.N.O., Torbay}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=William Balfour Macdonald|nick=William B. Macdonald|appt=1 August, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 855}}|note=and as S.N.O., Torbay}}
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Revision as of 14:07, 13 April 2016

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 converted to a depot ship in 1908.[5]

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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 1 February, 1896. Issue 34802, col B, p. 7.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 245.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 286.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 350.
  12. ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 350.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 351.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396h.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 855.

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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