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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LiCRNR}}|name=Archibald Home Douglas|nick=Archibald H. Douglas|appt=17 March, 1916<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/41/30.|C14614918}} f. 15.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 392''f''}}|end=7 October, 1916<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/41/30.|C14614918}} f. 15.</ref>|note=invalided due to motor accident}} | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LiCRNR}}|name=Archibald Home Douglas|nick=Archibald H. Douglas|appt=17 March, 1916<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/41/30.|C14614918}} f. 15.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 392''f''}}|end=7 October, 1916<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/41/30.|C14614918}} f. 15.</ref>|note=invalided due to motor accident}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LiCRNR}}|name=Edward James Courthope|nick=Edward J. Courthope|appt=7 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 391''l''}}|end=March 1918|note=invalided}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LiCRNR}}|name=Edward James Courthope|nick=Edward J. Courthope|appt=7 October, 1916<ref>Courthope Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/43/10.|}} f. 5.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 391''l''}}|end=21 March, 1918<ref>Courthope Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/43/10.|}} f. 5.</ref>|note=invalided w/phthisis}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Donald MacDonald (b)|nick=Donald MacDonald|appt=30 October, 1918<ref>MacDonald Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/49/595.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=10 November, 1918<ref>MacDonald Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/49/595.|}} f. ?.</ref>{{HepperLosses|p. 145}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel torpedoed under his command}} |
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Latest revision as of 10:56, 15 April 2022
| H.M.S. Ascot (1916) | |
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| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 881[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.16 (Sep 1918)[2] |
| Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company[3] |
| Ordered: | Sep 1915[4] |
| Launched: | 26 Jan, 1916[5] |
| Torpedoed: | 10 Nov, 1918[6] |
| Fate: | by [7] |
Service
Ascot operated out of Portsmouth as part of the humble Ninth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla in 1918 until she was torpedoed off the Farne Islands by UB 67 on 10 November 1918. She was the last British warship to be sunk by direct enemy action in World War I.
Captains
- Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Archibald H. Douglas, 17 March, 1916[8][9] – 7 October, 1916[10] (invalided due to motor accident)
- Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Edward J. Courthope, 7 October, 1916[11][12] – 21 March, 1918[13] (invalided w/phthisis)
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Donald MacDonald, 30 October, 1918[14] – 10 November, 1918[15][16] (killed when vessel torpedoed under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111. See this note for more info.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/41/30. f. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 392f.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/41/30. f. 15.
- ↑ Courthope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/43/10. f. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391l.
- ↑ Courthope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/43/10. f. 5.
- ↑ MacDonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/49/595. f. ?.
- ↑ MacDonald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/49/595. f. ?.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 145.
Bibliography
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