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'''H.M.S. ''Aquarius''''' was the former S. S. ''Hampstead'', purchased in 1902 as a distillery vessel and converted into a depot ship.
 
'''H.M.S. ''Aquarius''''' was the former S. S. ''Hampstead'', purchased in 1902 as a distillery vessel and converted into a depot ship.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
''Aquarius'' completed conversion into a depot ship in June, 1907.  She served the {{UK-DF|8}} in the Forth in 1914-15 and then submarines in the Mediterranean in 1915.  She finished the war as a water carrier and depot ship in the Mediterranean,{{DittColl|p. 293}} paying off at Chatham on 17 February, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 727}}
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''Aquarius'' completed conversion into a depot ship in 1907, commissioning on 11 June. By mid-1911 she was working with the {{UK-DF|3}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul11|p. 279}} She served the {{UK-DF|8}} in the Forth in 1914-15, becoming the first ship to berth in the newly-constructed [[Royth Dockyard]] on 2 October, 1914.{{UKTH47|p. 3}}
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She was a submarine depot ship in the Mediterranean in 1915.  She finished the war as a water carrier and depot ship in the Mediterranean,{{DittColl|p. 293}} paying off at Chatham on 17 February, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 727}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest Hamilton-Bate|nick=Ernest Hamilton-Bate|appt=6 November, 1909{{NLJul11|p. 279}}<ref>Hamilton-Bate Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/137/149.|D7570536}} f. 152.</ref>|end=18 December, 1911<ref>Hamilton-Bate Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/137/149.|D7570536}} f. 152.</ref>}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bertram Owen Frederick Phibbs|nick=Bertram O. F. Phibbs|appt=10 January, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 278}}|end=6 March, 1913}}
 
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Revision as of 14:52, 1 March 2020

H.M.S. Aquarius (1900)
Pendant Number: N.13 (1914)
N.06 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Austin & Son[2]
Launched: 1900
Sold: 14 May, 1920[3]

H.M.S. Aquarius was the former S. S. Hampstead, purchased in 1902 as a distillery vessel and converted into a depot ship.

Service

Aquarius completed conversion into a depot ship in 1907, commissioning on 11 June. By mid-1911 she was working with the Third Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[4] She served the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla in the Forth in 1914-15, becoming the first ship to berth in the newly-constructed Royth Dockyard on 2 October, 1914.[5]

She was a submarine depot ship in the Mediterranean in 1915. She finished the war as a water carrier and depot ship in the Mediterranean,[6] paying off at Chatham on 17 February, 1920.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 279.
  5. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 6, Part 47. p. 3.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 278.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 279.
  10. Hamilton-Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/149. f. 152.
  11. Hamilton-Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/149. f. 152.
  12. Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  13. Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  14. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 278.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391j.
  16. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 727.

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).