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− | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Dolphin''''' was one of two [[Dolphin Class Sloop (1882)|''Dolphin'' Class composite screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | + | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Dolphin''''' was one of two [[Dolphin Class Sloop (1882)|''Dolphin'' Class composite screw sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. She served as a submarine depot ship in the [[Great War]]. |
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
+ | In 1907, ''Dolphin'' was made an accommodation ship for submarines.{{Conways1860|p. 57}} | ||
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+ | She became an independent command in Portsmouth on 31 August, 1912 under {{CaptRN}} [[Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|Roger J. B. Keyes]], Commodore 2nd Class in charge of Submarine Service.{{NLJul13|p. 301}} | ||
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+ | In mid-1913, ''Dolphin'' was servicing the {{UK-SF|2}}{{NLJul13|p. 301}} and was still doing so at the outset of the war. In September 1916, she moved over to assist the {{UK-SF|6}} until the end of the war.<ref>See {{UK-SF|2}} and {{UK-SF|6}} for citations.</ref> | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
− | <div name=fredbot: | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapts otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|null}} |
− | </div name=fredbot: | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Marow Eardley Wilmot|nick=Sydney M. Eardley Wilmot|appt=1 May, 1884{{NLJul86|p. 207}}}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Horatio Nelson Dudding|nick=Horatio N. Dudding|appt=24 September, 1890{{NLApr91|p. 215}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Roger J. B. Keyes|appt=31 August, 1912{{NLJan15|p. 304}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Sydney Stewart Hall|nick=Sydney S. Hall|appt=8 February, 1915{{NLFeb19|p. 777}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Max Kennedy Horton|nick=Max K. Horton|appt=July, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 760}}}} | ||
+ | {{TenureListEnd}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapts> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 20:05, 13 February 2015
H.M.S. Dolphin (1882) | |
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Builder: | Raylton Dixon, Middlesbrough[1] |
Launched: | 9 Dec, 1882[2] |
Sold: | 1925[3] |
H.M.S. Dolphin was one of two Dolphin Class composite screw sloops completed for the Royal Navy. She served as a submarine depot ship in the Great War.
Service
In 1907, Dolphin was made an accommodation ship for submarines.[4]
She became an independent command in Portsmouth on 31 August, 1912 under Captain Roger J. B. Keyes, Commodore 2nd Class in charge of Submarine Service.[5]
In mid-1913, Dolphin was servicing the Second Submarine Flotilla[6] and was still doing so at the outset of the war. In September 1916, she moved over to assist the Sixth Submarine Flotilla until the end of the war.[7]
Captains
- Commander Sydney M. Eardley Wilmot, 1 May, 1884[8]
- Commander Horatio N. Dudding, 24 September, 1890[9]
- Captain Roger J. B. Keyes, 31 August, 1912[10]
- Captain Sydney S. Hall, 8 February, 1915[11]
- Captain Max K. Horton, July, 1920[12]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 301.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 301.
- ↑ See Second Submarine Flotilla and Sixth Submarine Flotilla for citations.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 207.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 304.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 777.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 760.
Bibliography
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