H.M.S. Ross (1919)
H.M.S. Ross (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | T.0/ (Aug 1919) N.A4 (Nov 1919)[1] |
Builder: | Lobnitz & Company[2] |
Ordered: | mid 1917[3] |
Launched: | 12 Jun, 1919[4] |
Commissioned: | 27 Aug, 1919[5] |
Sold: | 13 Mar, 1947[6] |
H.M.S. Ross was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Ross commissioned on 27 August, 1919.[7]
By 1925, Ross was supporting the Fifth Submarine Flotilla. The flotilla ventured to Oban and to Antwerp. By November, it was being dubbed the Anti-Submarine Flotilla. It arrived at Yarmouth on November 9. The next day, Ross went to sea for exercises with Alecto and Maidstone.[8] This outing would evolve into a rather large exercise in the Channel south of Dartmouth. On the 12th, the submarine M 1 would go missing in rough seas.[9]
The ship again commissioned on 15 October, 1926.[10]
In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[11]
She was re-commissioned at The Nore with reserve complement on 28 May, 1934.[12]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander John A. Gaimes, 12 August, 1919[13] – November, 1919
- Commander Brownlow V. Layard, November, 1919[14][15] – November, 1921[16] (and for duty with submarines)
- Captain Reginald B. Darke, November, 1919[17] – 15 November, 1923[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander William R. Richardson, 15 November, 1923 – 23 May, 1924 (and for duty Class I with submarines, sick at end)
- Lieutenant-Commander James L. Boyd, 23 May, 1924[19] – 4 August, 1924 (and for duty Class I with submarines)
- Commander William R. Richardson, 4 August, 1924 – 3 December, 1924 (and for duty Class I with submarines)
- Commander Victor E. Ward, 3 December, 1924[20][21] – 3 December, 1926[22] (and for duty Class I with submarines and then the Experimental Half Flotilla)
- Commander James L. Boyd, 3 December, 1926[23] – 15 October, 1927 (and for the Experimental Half Flotilla)
- Commander Oswald E. Hallifax, 14 October, 1927 – 17 December, 1928 (and for the Experimental Half Flotilla)
- Commander Edward A. Aylmer, 17 December, 1928 – 15 January, 1929 (and for the Experimental Half Flotilla)
- Commander Gerald E. Colpoys, 15 January, 1929[24] – 1 January, 1931[25] (and for the Experimental Half Flotilla)
- Commander John H. Macnair, 1 January, 1931[26] – 30 December, 1931[27] (and for duty with submarines and command of the Experimental Half Flotilla)
- Commander Cyril A. H. Brooking, 29 December, 1931[28][29] – 20 February, 1933[30] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Geoffrey M. K. Keble-White, 20 February, 1933[31] – 23 February, 1933[32] (temporary)
- Commander Cyril A. H. Brooking, 24 February, 1933[33] – 29 December, 1933[34] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Frank H. P. Maurice, 29 December, 1933[35] – May, 1934[36] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander (retired) John P. Apps, c. February, 1939[37] – 5 August, 1940[38]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Kenneth A. Gadd, 28 May, 1940[39] – 11 April, 1943[40]
- Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command John R. D. Walker, – 11 April, 1943[41]
- Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Eric M. Betts, 11 April, 1943[42] – November, 1943[43]
- Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.V.R. Alfred E. Bird, November, 1943[44] – January, 1945[45]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "/" denotes Oblique pendant here. p. 114.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 265a.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 265a.
- ↑ "Naval and Military." The Times (London, England), 12 Nov. 1925, p. 7.
- ↑ "Submarine M1 Missing." The Times (London, England), 13 Nov. 1925, p. 12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 268.
- ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 898.
- ↑ Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/212. f. 114.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 857.
- ↑ Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/212. f. 114.
- ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
- ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 265.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 265a.
- ↑ Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/300. f. 323.
- ↑ Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/300. f. 323.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 265.
- ↑ Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
- ↑ Colpoys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/95. f. 97.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 266.
- ↑ Macnair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/62. f. 62.
- ↑ Brooking Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/104. f. 104.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 268.
- ↑ Brooking Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/104. f. 104.
- ↑ Keble-White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/60. f. 60.
- ↑ Keble-White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/60. f. 60.
- ↑ Brooking Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/104. f. 104.
- ↑ Brooking Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/104. f. 104.
- ↑ Maurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/90. f. 90.
- ↑ Maurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/90. f. 90.
- ↑ Apps Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/518. f. 518.
- ↑ Apps Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/518. f. 518.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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