H.M.S. Platypus (1916)

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H.M.S. Platypus (1916)
Pendant Number: C8 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Launched: 28 Oct, 1916[3]
Sold: Dec, 1957[4]

H.M.S. Platypus was completed to navy order as a depot ship. Originally intended to support the Australian submarines AE 1 and AE 2, she became available after they were lost and was then commissioned in the Royal Navy.

Service

Platypus served with British submarines at Harwich throughout the war.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  6. Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  7. Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600. Day of month taken from successor.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 950.
  9. Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/135. f. 138.
  10. Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/135. f. 138.

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).