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==Service==
==Service==
''Onyx'' converted to a depot ship in 1908.{{DittColl|p. 293}}
''Onyx'' was converted to a submarine depot ship in 1908.{{DittColl|p. 293}} She would serve first with the [[Devonport Local Defence Flotilla]], which would become the {{UK-SF|1}} around 1912.


She served with the {{UK-SF|1}} at Devonport 1914-16, then as a base ship at Torbay in 1917 and 1918.{{DittColl|p. 293}}
She served with the {{UK-SF|1}} at Devonport 1914-16, then as a base ship at Torbay in 1917 and 1918.{{DittColl|p. 293}}
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Onyx''">
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Onyx''">
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Barrington May|nick=William B. May|appt=1 February, 1896<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 1 February, 1896.  Issue '''34802''', col B, p. 7.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Barrington May|nick=William B. May|appt=1 February, 1896<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 1 February, 1896.  Issue '''34802''', col B, p. 7.</ref>|end=5 August, 1896{{INF}}|note=in command for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
{{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<ref>Hancock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/532.|D7601269}}  f. 591.</ref>{{NLApr97|p. 245}}|end=19 November, 1899<ref>Hancock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/532.|D7601269}}  f. 591.</ref>|note=including Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{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=10 January, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Chadwick|nick=Charles Chadwick|appt=10 January, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 286}}|end=17 June, 1903{{NLMay03|p. 286}}{{NLOct04|p. 351}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Chadwick|nick=Charles Chadwick|appt=10 January, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 286}}|end=16 May, 1903}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Wyldbore-Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith|appt=17 June, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 351}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Wyldbore-Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith|appt=17 June, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 351}}|end=22 October, 1904}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|nick=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|appt=4 October, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 318}}|end=|note=and for command of submarines}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|nick=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|appt=4 October, 1907<ref>Keyes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/75.|D7603782}} f. 280.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 318}}|end=1 November, 1908<ref>Keyes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/75.|D7603782}} f. 280.</ref>|note=and for command of "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=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<ref>Cromie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/86.|D7603793}} f. 291.</ref>{{NLJan12|p. 350}}|end=15 August, 1912<ref>Cromie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/86.|D7603793}} f. 291.</ref>|note=and for command of [[Devonport Submarine 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{{NavAppts|7 May 1912, p. 6}}{{NLMar13|p. 350}}|end=22 August, 1913{{NLFeb14|p. 351}}|note=and for command of {{UK-SF|1}}}}
{{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={{LCommRN}}|name=Tom Kenneth Triggs|nick=Tom K. Triggs|appt=22 August, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 396''h''}}|end=1 November, 1915|note=and for Submarines and for command of {{UK-SF|1}}}}
{{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={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Stopford Cyril Douglas|nick=Stopford C. Douglas|appt=1 November, 1915|end=16 February, 1916|note=and for Submarines and for command of {{UK-SF|1}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|nick=Adrian St. V. Keyes|appt=17 January, 1918{{NLJul18|p. 8}}<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/75.}} f. 280.</ref>|end=1 August, 1918<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/75.}} f. 280.</ref>|note=and as S.N.O., [[Torquay]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=William Balfour Macdonald|nick=William B. Macdonald|appt=1 August, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 855}}<ref>Macdonald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/113.}} f. 121.</ref>|end=17 April, 1919<ref>Macdonald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/113.}} f. 121.</ref>|note=and as S.N.O., [[Torbay]]}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 14:10, 17 January 2022

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.

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. ↑ Hancock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/532. f. 591.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 245.
  10. ↑ Hancock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/532. f. 591.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 286.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 286.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.
  14. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
  16. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 350.
  18. ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21
  19. ↑ Cromie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/86. f. 291.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 350.
  21. ↑ Cromie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/86. f. 291.
  22. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 7 May 1912, p. 6.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 351.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396h.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 8.
  27. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
  28. ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 855.
  30. ↑ Macdonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/113. f. 121.
  31. ↑ 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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