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''Argus'' was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 216}} | ''Argus'' was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 216}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claud Anthony Merriman|nick=Claud A. Merriman|appt=22 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 216}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claud Anthony Merriman|nick=Claud A. Merriman|appt=22 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 216}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil C. B. Vacher|appt=3 September, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|end=14 October, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|note=ship is in reserve}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil C. B. Vacher|appt=3 September, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|end=14 October, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|note=ship is in reserve}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Paul Felix Palmer Berryman|nick=Paul F. P. Berryman|appt=14 October, 1932|end=5 June, 1934}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Paul Felix Palmer Berryman|nick=Paul F. P. Berryman|appt=14 October, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=5 June, 1934}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=26 May, 1938<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=3 July, 1939<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=26 May, 1938<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=3 July, 1939<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=October, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=16 August, 1940<ref>Bovell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=October, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=16 August, 1940<ref>Bovell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 10:15, 13 March 2018
H.M.S. Argus (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | N.96 (1919) 49 (Sep, 1919)[1] |
Builder: | Beardmore[2] |
Launched: | 2 Dec, 1917[3] |
Commissioned: | Sep, 1918[4] |
Sold: | 5 Dec, 1946[5] |
She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.[6]
Service
Argus was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 January, 1924.[7]
She paid off into Dockyard Control on 2 November, 1925.[8]
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.[9]
Argus was reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 7 May, 1930.[10]
Reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 15 December, 1932.[11]
Taken into Dockyard Control on 6 July 1936 at Devonport.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Humphrey H. Smith, 14 September, 1918[13] – 31 July, 1920[14][15]
- Captain Anselan J. B. Stirling, 31 July, 1920[16][17] – 15 August, 1922[18]
- Captain Francis G. G. Chilton, 15 August, 1922[19] – 15 August, 1924[20]
- Captain Stanley L. Willis, 15 August, 1924[21] – 9 August, 1926
- Commander Maitland W. S. Boucher, 14 October, 1926[22] – 5 November, 1928[23]
- Captain James W. Murray, 21 November, 1926[24] – 17 January, 1927[25] (loaned from Ark Royal for trials)
- Captain Alexander R. Palmer, 17 January, 1927[26] – 16 June, 1928[27]
- Captain Cyril St. C. Cameron, 16 June, 1928[28] – August, 1929[Inference]
- Captain Colin A. M. Sarel, 27 August, 1929 – 22 April, 1930
- Commander Ernest R. Archer, 14 July, 1930[29] – 9 September, 1930[30] (ship is in reserve)
- Commander Claud A. Merriman, 22 May, 1931[31]
- Commander Cecil C. B. Vacher, 3 September, 1931[32] – 14 October, 1931[33] (ship is in reserve)
- Commander Paul F. P. Berryman, 14 October, 1932[34] – 5 June, 1934
- Captain William G. Benn, 26 May, 1938[35] – 3 July, 1939[36]
- Captain Henry C. Bovell, October, 1939[37] – 16 August, 1940[38]
- Captain Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke, 16 August, 1940 – 1 May, 1941
- Captain Tom O. Bulteel, April, 1941[39] – October, 1941[40]
- Captain George T. Philip, October, 1941[41] – January, 1943[42]
- Captain Henry L. St. J. Fancourt, January, 1943[43] – September, 1943[44]
- Captain Villiers N. Surtees, September, 1943[45] – July, 1944[46]
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.
- ↑ 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. (January, 1933). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 216.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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