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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=May, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 725}}|end=1 July, 1922<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|note=as Commander (S)}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=May, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 725}}|end=1 July, 1922<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|note=as Commander (S)}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=30 June, 1922<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 723}}|end=1924<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|ass=1 July, 1922<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|note=as Commander (S)}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=30 June, 1922<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 723}}|end=1924<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|ass=1 July, 1922<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|note=as Commander (S)}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Graham Bower|nick=John G. Bower|appt=15 June, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 215}}|note=as Commander (S) and for duty with submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Graham Bower|nick=John G. Bower|appt=15 June, 1924<ref>Bower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/99.|D7604511}} f. 222.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 215}}|end=10 November, 1926<ref>Bower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/99.|D7604511}} f. 222.</ref>|note=as Commander (S) and for duty with submarines}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan George Despard Twigg|nick=Alan G. D. Twigg|appt=1 August, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>|end=14 November, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan George Despard Twigg|nick=Alan G. D. Twigg|appt=1 August, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>|end=14 November, 1928<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 130.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=17 November, 1939<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|end=14 March, 1940<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|note=and for Maintenance cuties on Staff of C-in-C, Rosyth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=17 November, 1939<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|end=14 March, 1940<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|note=and for Maintenance cuties on Staff of C-in-C, Rosyth}}

Revision as of 11:23, 3 October 2016

H.M.S. Ambrose (1903)
Pendant Number: C1 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Raylton Dixon[2]
Launched: 31 Mar, 1903[3]
Sold: 10 Aug, 1946[4]

H.M.S. Ambrose was a civilian vessel hired as an A.M.C. in 1914, but then purchase for use as a depot ship.

Service

Ambrose was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 10 December, 1914.[5]

Ambrose served submarines at Berehaven 1917-18 before moving to Falmouth in 1918.[6]

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. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401c.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401c.
  8. Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
  9. Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
  10. Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401d.
  12. Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
  13. Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90/89. f. 89.
  14. Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
  15. Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
  16. Archdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 187.
  17. Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  18. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 725.
  19. Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 725.
  21. Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
  22. Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 723.
  24. Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  25. Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 215.
  27. Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
  28. Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
  29. Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130.
  30. Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  31. Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.

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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