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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel George Spiridione Hancock|nick=Lionel G. S. Hancock|appt=5 August, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 245}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel George Spiridione Hancock|nick=Lionel G. S. Hancock|appt=5 August, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 245}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gerald Oliver|nick=Gerald Oliver|appt=4 September, 1899{{NLMar01|p. 286}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gerald Oliver|nick=Gerald Oliver|appt=4 September, 1899{{NLMar01|p. 286}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Harley Pownall|nick=George H. Pownall|appt=10 May, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 350}}|end=22 August, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 307}}|note=And for command of Flotilla}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Harley Pownall|nick=George H. Pownall|appt=10 May, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 350}}|end=22 August, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 307}}|note=And for command of Flotilla}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Tom Kenneth Triggs|nick=Tom K. Triggs|appt=22 August, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 351}}|note=And for Submarines and for command of Flotilla}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Tom Kenneth Triggs|nick=Tom K. Triggs|appt=22 August, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 351}}|note=And for Submarines and for command of Flotilla}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 15:26, 1 September 2014
| H.M.S. Onyx (1892) | |
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| 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 converted to a depot ship in 1908.[5]
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.
- Lieutenant & Commander Lionel G. S. Hancock, 5 August, 1896[7]
- Lieutenant & Commander Gerald Oliver, 4 September, 1899[8]
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh F. W. Smith, 17 June, 1903[9]
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest W. Leir, 1 November, 1908[10] – 8 August, 1910[11] (And for "A" Class Submarines)
- Lieutenant & Commander Francis A. M. Cromie, 8 August, 1910[12] (And for command of Flotilla)
- Lieutenant & Commander George H. Pownall, 10 May, 1912[13] – 22 August, 1913[14] (And for command of Flotilla)
- Lieutenant & Commander Tom K. Triggs, 22 August, 1913[15] (And for Submarines and for command of Flotilla)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 350.
- ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 351.
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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