H.M.S. Argus (1917)
H.M.S. Argus (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | N.96 (1919) 49 (Sep, 1919)[1] |
Builder: | William Beardmore & Company[2] |
Launched: | 2 Dec, 1917[3] |
Commissioned: | Sep, 1918[4] |
Sold: | 5 Dec, 1946[5] |
She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.[6]
Construction & Service
Argus was designed by Lt.-Col. Holmes of the R.A.F.. Her hangar could accommodate one of the new eighteen-plane Torpedo Aeroplane Squadrons equipped with Sopwith T.1s and provided for storage of thirty torpedoes. A torpedo shop could store another twenty-eight weapons, which were presumably the 18-in Mark IX torpedo. Steam lines on the flying deck could warm torpedoes as aircraft awaited launch, to try to ensure a stable operating temperature when an attack was launched.[7]
Argus was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 January, 1924.[8]
She paid off into Dockyard Control on 2 November, 1925.[9]
She re-commissioned at the Nore on 19 January, 1927 for service in the Atlantic Fleet, with a Headquarters Flight and Flights 401, 422, and 441 embarked.[10]
Argus was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1930.[11]
She was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 15 December, 1932.[12]
Argus arrived at Devonport on 4 July, 1936[13] was taken into Dockyard Control on 6 July.[14]
Argus was commissioned at Devonport on 30 July, 1938.[15]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Humphrey H. Smith, 14 September, 1918[16] – 31 July, 1920[17][18]
- Captain Anselan J. B. Stirling, 31 July, 1920[19][20] – 15 August, 1922[21]
- Captain Francis G. G. Chilton, 15 August, 1922[22] – 15 August, 1924[23]
- Captain Stanley L. Willis, 15 August, 1924[24] – 9 August, 1926
- Commander Maitland W. S. Boucher, 14 October, 1926[25] – 5 November, 1928[26]
- Captain James W. Murray, 21 November, 1926[27] – 17 January, 1927[28] (loaned from Ark Royal for trials)
- Captain Alexander R. Palmer, 17 January, 1927[29] – 16 June, 1928[30]
- Captain Cyril St. C. Cameron, 16 June, 1928[31] – August, 1929[Inference]
- Captain Colin A. M. Sarel, 27 August, 1929 – 22 April, 1930
- Commander Basil L. Johnston, 22 April, 1930[32] – 15 July, 1930[33]
- Commander Ernest R. Archer, 14 July, 1930[34] – 9 September, 1930[35] (ship is in reserve)
- Commander Arthur E. Buckland, 9 September, 1930[36]
- Commander James C. J. Soutter, 3 March, 1931[37][38] – 22 May, 1931[39]
- Commander Claud A. Merriman, 22 May, 1931[40][41] – 4 September, 1931[42]
- Commander Cecil C. B. Vacher, 3 September, 1931[43] – 14 October, 1931[44] (ship is in reserve)
- Commander Paul F. P. Berryman, 14 October, 1932[45] – 5 June, 1934
- Commander Gerald E. Boultbee, 8 June, 1934[46][47] – 21 January, 1936[48]
- Lieutenant-Commander William D. G. Weir, 21 January, 1936[49] – 28 January, 1936[50] (temporary command)
- Commander Henry J. Johnstone, 22 January, 1936[51] – July, 1936 (placed into Dockyard Hands for conversion to target drone carrier)
- Commander John F. H. Sawyer, 29 March, 1938[52] – 26 May, 1938[Inference]
- Captain William G. Benn, 26 May, 1938[53] – 3 July, 1939[54]
- Captain Henry C. Bovell, 7 October, 1939[55] – 16 August, 1940[56]
- Captain Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke, 16 August, 1940[57] – 12 April, 1941[58]
- Captain Tom O. Bulteel, 12 April, 1941[59] – 29 October, 1941[60]
- Captain George T. Philip, 29 October, 1941[61] – 15 January, 1943[62]
- Captain Henry L. St. J. Fancourt, 15 January, 1943[63][64] – 6 October, 1943[65][66]
- Captain Villiers N. Surtees, 6 October, 1943[67] – 3 January, 1944[68]
- Acting Commander Henry B. C. Holmes, 3 January, 1944[69] – 17 January, 1944[70]
- Captain Villiers N. Surtees, 17 January, 1944[71] – 27 July, 1944[72]
- Captain R.N.R. Robert H. C. Crawford, 27 July, 1944[73] – 20 November, 1944[74]
- Commander R.N.V.R. Alan D. Bruford, 20 November, 1944[75] – mid 1945[76]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. pp. 94-5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 215, 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). pp. 215-6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 7 July 1936, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 727.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 727.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
- ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
- ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
- ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
- ↑ Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 86.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 215.
- ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
- ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/46. f. 46.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
- ↑ Johnston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/108. f. 465.
- ↑ Johnston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/108. f. 465.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 27, 1930; pg. 15; Issue 45602.
- ↑ Soutter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/8. f. 8.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 23, 1931; pg. 6; Issue 45728.
- ↑ Soutter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/8. f. 8.
- ↑ Merriman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/53. f. 408.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
- ↑ Merriman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/53. f. 408.
- ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
- ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 216.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 11, 1934; pg. 26; Issue 46751.
- ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
- ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
- ↑ Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/98. f. 98.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 21, 1935; pg. 15; Issue 47253.
- ↑ "Completion of the Argus." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Mar 29, 1938; pg. 11; Issue 47955.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Fancourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/43. f. 43.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Fancourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/43. f. 43.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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