H.M.S. Dolphin (1882)

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H.M.S. Dolphin (1882)
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

Dolphin was commissioned at Sheerness on 1 May, 1884.[4]

In 1907, Dolphin was made an accommodation ship for submarines.[5]

In April, 1911, Dolphin was the depot ship of the Portsmouth Submarine Flotilla, which then consisted of four "A" and one "D" class submarines.[6]

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.[7]

In mid-1913, Dolphin was servicing the Second Submarine Flotilla[8] 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.[9]

On 15 October, 1924, the somewhat more youthful H.M.S. Pandora took on the name and duties of Dolphin as parent ship to the submarines at Fort Blockhouse.[10]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 58.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 206.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 57.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 270b.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 301.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 301.
  9. See Second Submarine Flotilla and Sixth Submarine Flotilla for citations.
  10. "Fleet News." The Times (London, England), Monday, September 15, 1924, Issue 43757, p.17.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 207.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 211.
  13. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 215.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 218.
  15. Honner Service Record. The National Archives. 196/38. f. 649.
  16. Honner Service Record. The National Archives. 196/38. f. 649.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 244.
  18. Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
  19. Luce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 79.
  20. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
  21. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
  22. Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  23. Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 38.
  24. Candy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/279. f. 279.
  25. Candy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/279. f. 279.
  26. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 777.
  27. Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 258.
  28. Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 258.
  29. Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
  30. Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
  31. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 760.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 233.
  33. Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  34. Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  35. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, March 17, 1924, Issue 43602, p.4.
  36. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, March 27, 1924, Issue 43611, p.5.

Bibliography


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