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==Service==
==Service==
''Newbury'' was heavily damaged in the [[Action of 15 February, 1918]], a German destroyer raid on the small net-tending craft in the Straits of Dover.


In January, 1921, she was one of thirteen minesweepers lying, paid off at Rosyth.{{NLJan21|p. 709''a''-11}}
In January, 1921, she was one of thirteen minesweepers lying, paid off at Rosyth.{{NLJan21|p. 709''a''-11}}
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==Captains==
==Captains==
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Latest revision as of 00:35, 2 February 2023

H.M.S. Newbury (1916)
Admiralty Pendant Number: 899[1]
Pendant Number: T.26 (Sep 1918)[2]
Builder: A. & J. Inglis[3]
Ordered: Sep 1915[4]
Launched: 3 Jul, 1916[5]
Sold: Mar, 1922[6]

H.M.S. Newbury was one of thirty-two Ascot Class paddle minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Newbury was heavily damaged in the Action of 15 February, 1918, a German destroyer raid on the small net-tending craft in the Straits of Dover.

In January, 1921, she was one of thirteen minesweepers lying, paid off at Rosyth.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111. See this note for more info.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 709a-11.
  8. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/44/242. f. 124.
  9. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/44/242. f. 124.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 851.
  11. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/48. f. 49.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 851.
  13. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 14, 1919; pg. 16; Issue 42178.

Bibliography


Ascot Class Paddle Minesweeper
1915 Design
Ascot Atherstone Chelmsford Chepstow Croxton
Doncaster Eglinton Epsom Eridge Gatwick
Kempton Lingfield Ludlow Melton Newbury
Plumpton Pontefract Cheltenham Goodwood Haldon
  Hurst Redcar Sandown Totnes  
Enlarged, 1917 Design
  Banbury Harpenden Hexham Lanark  
  Lewes Shincliffe Shirley Wetherby  
  Minesweepers (UK) Hunt Class –>


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