H.M.S. Adamant (1911)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Adamant (1911) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.37 (1914) P.00 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird[2] |
| Launched: | 12 Jul, 1911[3] |
| Commissioned: | 27 Apr, 1912[4] |
| Sold: | 21 Sep, 1932[5] |
H.M.S. Adamant was completed to navy order as a depot ship.
Service
Adamant served with the Eighth Submarine Flotilla at Harwich in 1914 and 1915. She later worked with submarines in the Mediterranean.[6]
She was recommissioned at Portsmouth on 5 January 1925 and sent to support the submarines of the Second Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[7]
Adamant was re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 November, 1926. By mid-1931 she was supporting the Second Submarine Flotilla.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederick A. Sommerville, 27 April, 1912[9] – August, 1915[10] (and for duty with submarines, finally invalided)
- Acting Commander Charles G. Brodie, 6 August, 1915[11][12] – March, 1917[13] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Kenneth M. Bruce, March, 1917[14][15] – 1 March, 1918[16] (and for command of submarine flotilla)
- Commander Charles S. Benning, 1 March, 1918[17] – March, 1919[18] (and as Commander (S) of a submarine flotilla)
- Commander Noel F. Laurence, March, 1919[19][20] – January, 1920[21] (and for command of the Fifth Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Robert B. Ramsay, January, 1920[22] – July, 1920[23]
- Commander Charles de Burgh, July, 1920[24] – 4 November, 1920[25] (temporary)
- Commander Robert B. Ramsay, 4 November, 1920[26][27] – 7 July, 1921[28] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Archibald D. Cochrane, 25 June, 1921 – 11 February, 1922
- Commander Charles de Burgh, 11 February, 1922[29] – 30 April, 1923[30] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Philip E. Phillips, 30 April, 1923[31][32] – 29 January, 1925[33] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Frederick H. Taylor, 5 January, 1925[34] – 12 November, 1926 (and for duty with submarines)
- Lieutenant-Commander Frank P. Busbridge, 19 July, 1927 – 23 April, 1928 (and for duty Class I with submarines)
- Commander John D. A. Musters, c. late 1929 – 9 February, 1931 (and for duty Class I with submarines)
- Commander Edward M. C. Barraclough, 9 February, 1931[35] – 22 February, 1932 (and for duty with submarines)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 273.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 268.
- ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 391c.
- ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
- ↑ Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/105. f. 503.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391c.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/105. f. 503.
- ↑ Benning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/183. f. 98.
- ↑ Benning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/183. f. 98.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 724.
- ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
- ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
- ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
- ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
- ↑ de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
- ↑ de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
- ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 723.
- ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 722.
- ↑ de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
- ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 214.
- ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
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).
