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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Princess Margaret'' (1914)|fate2=Broken up |cat=Minelayer |launch=1914<ref>This year may be incorrect.</ref> |builder=[[William Denny & Brothers]]{{DittColl|p. 118}} |type=minelayer |fate=Sold |fatedate=30 May, 1929{{DittColl|p. 118}} |order= |chain=NONE |requisitioned=26 Dec, 1914{{DittColl|p. 118}} |name=Princess Margaret |nat=UK |yardno= |pend=P.46 (Jan 1915){{DittColl|p. 118}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Princess Margaret''''' was an ocean liner taken up for service as a minelayer in the [[Royal Navy]]. Her sister ship, {{UK-PrincessIrene}} was also employed in the same capacity, but was lost to an explosion after a short career. ==Service== In March, 1915, she and her sister were began serving with the [[Minelayer Squadron]], then six ships strong.{{SMNLMar15|p. 11}} With the squadron being four ships in number, ''Princess Margaret'' was made flagship of the squadron, bearing a Captain (M) in February, 1916.{{SMNLFeb16|p. 14}} In April 1917, she would cease carrying this special designation in the ''Navy Lists''. In May 1919, she was the only minelayer in the Home Fleet, again bearing a Captain (M). This arrangement would persist until at least June, 1919 and possibly quite some time beyond.{{SMNLMay19|p. 12}} At war's end, she was regarded as being the best minelayer in service, owing to her great radius of action (1500 miles at full speed), shallow draught and oil burning machinery. She was not without defects, however. Her speed was insufficient (even though hers was notably higher than average), she had a single drop point for her mines, she presented a big target with her high freeboard, and could not embark mines directly onto her rails aft, and forward required special low-freeboard barges to bring them alongside.{{ARTSMining1917-18|p. 12}} She re-commissioned on 11 April, 1923 for service with the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 260}} She paid off to a C & M Party on 17 May, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 260}} ==Armament== ===Guns=== Her guns were as follows.{{DittColl|p. 118}} * two 4.7-in * two 12-pdrs * two 6-pdr H.A. ===Mines=== * 420 H.2 or Mark VIII sinker mines{{ARTSMining1917-18|p. 12, Plate 7}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Princess Margaret''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Shirley Litchfield-Speer|nick=Frederick S. Litchfield-Speer|appt=June, 1915|end=January, 1916}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lockhart Leith|nick=Lockhart Leith|appt=2 January, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 401''y''}}|end=November, 1917}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril Peel|nick=Cyril Peel|appt=5 November, 1917|end=January, 1918}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Hesketh Smyth|nick=Harry H. Smyth|appt=3 January, 1918<ref>Smyth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/287.|D7576552}} ff. 227, 287.</ref>{{NLJan19|p. 1002-3}}|end=9 November, 1919<ref>Smyth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/287.|D7576552}} ff. 227, 287.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Egerton Woodward|nick=Walter E. Woodward|appt=9 November, 1919|end=20 January, 1920}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Arthur Hornell|nick=Robert A. Hornell|appt=6 March, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 260}}|end=|note=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leonard Laurence Peel Willan|nick=Leonard L. P. Willan|appt=21 April, 1925<ref>Willan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/322.|D7576615}} f. 322.</ref>|end=8 August, 1927<ref>Willan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/322.|D7576615}} f. 322.</ref>}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Princess_Margaret}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} {{Footer H.M.S. Princess Margaret (1914)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Princess Margaret}} {{CatShipMinelayer|UK}} {{CatClassMisc|UK}} <!-- data nat=UK cat=Minelayer type=minelayer chain=NONE {ship name=Princess Margaret pend=P.46 (Jan 1915){{DittColl|p. 118}} builder=[[William Denny & Brothers]]{{DittColl|p. 118}} order= yardno= laid= launch=1914<ref>This year may be incorrect.</ref> requisitioned=26 12 14{{DittColl|p. 118}} comm= fate=Sold fate2=Broken up fatedate=30 5 29{{DittColl|p. 118}} } data -->

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