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'''H.M.S. ''Bonaventure''''' was completed in 1894 as one of eight [[Astræa Class Cruiser (1892)|Astræa class cruisers]], but served as a submarine depot ship in the Great War.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Bonaventure'' was refitted as a depôt ship by April, 1907.  She was sold on 12 April, 1920, to the Forth Ship Breaking Company, Bo'ness.<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  p. 293.</ref>
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''Bonaventure'' was refitted as a depôt ship for submarines by April, 1907, commissioning at Haulbowline on the 2nd of the month under the command of [[Frank Brandt]].{{NLJan08|p. 286}}
  
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==Captains==
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She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 October, 1912.{{NLJan15|p. 285}}
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Dates of appointment given:
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*Captain [[Robert Grant Fraser]],
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In mid-1913, she was in Harwich supporting the {{UK-SF|6}} and {{UK-SF|7}}.{{NLJul13|p. 286}}
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She paid off 17 October, 1919{{NLDec19|p. 735}} and was sold on 12 April, 1920, to the Forth Ship Breaking Company, Bo'ness.{{DittColl|p. 293.}}
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Augustus Giffard|nick=George A. Giffard|appt=May, 1892{{MackieRNW}}|end=before 7 March, 1893<ref>Giffard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 514.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Samuel Inglefield|nick=Frederick S. Inglefield|appt=2 January, 1896<ref>Inglefield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 199.</ref>|end=4 May, 1897<ref>Inglefield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 199.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frank Hannam Henderson|nick=Frank H. Henderson|appt=5 May, 1897<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 615.</ref>|end=12 August, 1897<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 615.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Archibald James Montgomerie|nick=Robert A. J. Montgomerie|appt=3 March, 1898<ref>Montgomerie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>|end=31 May, 1900<ref>Montgomerie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 343.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Hale Smith-Dorrien|nick=Arthur H. Smith-Dorrien|appt=18 April, 1900|end=15 July, 1900|note=initially as acting Captain}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles John Graves-Sawle, Fourth Baronet|nick=Charles J. Graves-Sawle|appt=1 May, 1900<ref>Graves-Sawle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 551.</ref>|ass=15 July, 1900<ref>Graves-Sawle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 551.</ref>|end=4 March, 1902<ref>Graves-Sawle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 551.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Grant Fraser|nick=Robert G. Fraser|appt=3 December, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 286}}|end=5 November, 1904<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.|D7589442}} f. 537.</ref><ref>Fraser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 95.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Edward Clifford Goodrich|nick=James E. C. Goodrich|appt=5 November, 1904<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.|D7589442}} f. 537.</ref>|end=19 March, 1905<ref>Goodrich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.|D7589442}} f. 537.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Holland Torlesse|nick=Henry H. Torlesse|appt=1 May, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 285}}|end=7 May, 1906<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1314.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Brandt|nick=Frank Brandt|appt=2 April, 1907{{NLJan08|p. 286}}<ref>Brandt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 225.</ref>|end=17 November, 1909<ref>Brandt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 225.</ref>|note=and for duty with S/Ms and in command of Portsmouth Submarine Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Albert Percy Addison|nick=Albert P. Addison|appt=17 November, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 286}}|end=1910|note=and for duty with S/Ms and in command of the Portsmouth Seagoing Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Brandt|nick=Frank Brandt|appt=14 November, 1910<ref>Brandt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 225.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 286}}|end=June, 1912<ref>Brandt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 225.</ref>|note=and for duty with S/Ms and in command of [[Portsmouth Submarine Flotilla]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stanley Lyte Willis|nick=Stanley L. Willis|appt=15 October, 1912{{NLOct15|p. 392''l''}}|end=21 October, 1915|note=and for Submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=21 October, 1915<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=20 June, 1916<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>|note=and in command of the {{UK-SF|6}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Malcolm Kingsford de Monçy Burgess|nick=Malcolm K. de M. Burgess|appt=20 June, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 391''v''}}|end=|note=and in command of the {{UK-SF|6}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=October, 1918<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 744}}|end=March, 1919<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>|note=and in command of Submarine flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles de Burgh|nick=Charles de Burgh|appt=5 March, 1919<ref>de Burgh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/314.|D7604726}} f. ?.</ref>|end=10 August, 1919<ref>de Burgh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/314.|D7604726}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Aubrey Charles Bertie|nick=Aubrey C. Bertie|appt=6 March, 1919{{NLJul19|p. 744}}|end=August, 1919{{FC}}|note=for Submarines and in command of Submarine flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fitzroy Hamilton Dalrymple Byron|nick=Fitzroy H. D. Byron|appt=10 August, 1919<ref>Byron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/315.|D7604412}} f. 169.</ref>{{NLOct19|p. 744}}|end=4 October, 1919<ref>Byron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/315.|D7604412}} f. 169.</ref>|note=and for duty with submarines}}
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==See Also==
 
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bonaventure_(1892) Wikipedia.]
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Revision as of 08:30, 29 June 2018

H.M.S. Bonaventure (1892)
Pendant Number: N.41 (1914)
N.11 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[3]
Launched: 2 Dec, 1892[4]
Commissioned: 5 Jul, 1894[5]
Sold: 12 Apr, 1920[6]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Bonaventure was completed in 1894 as one of eight Astræa class cruisers, but served as a submarine depot ship in the Great War.

Service

Bonaventure was refitted as a depôt ship for submarines by April, 1907, commissioning at Haulbowline on the 2nd of the month under the command of Frank Brandt.[7]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 October, 1912.[8]

In mid-1913, she was in Harwich supporting the Sixth Submarine Flotilla and Seventh Submarine Flotilla.[9]

She paid off 17 October, 1919[10] and was sold on 12 April, 1920, to the Forth Ship Breaking Company, Bo'ness.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 286.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 285.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 286.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 735.
  11. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293..
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
  14. ↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 199.
  15. ↑ Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 199.
  16. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  17. ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  18. ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
  19. ↑ Montgomerie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 343.
  20. ↑ Graves-Sawle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 551.
  21. ↑ Graves-Sawle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 551.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 286.
  23. ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 537.
  24. ↑ Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 95.
  25. ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 537.
  26. ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 537.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 285.
  28. ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1314.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 286.
  30. ↑ Brandt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 225.
  31. ↑ Brandt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 225.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 286.
  33. ↑ Brandt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 225.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 286.
  35. ↑ Brandt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 225.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392l.
  37. ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  38. ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391v.
  40. ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 744.
  42. ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
  43. ↑ de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
  44. ↑ de Burgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/314. f. ?.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 744.
  46. ↑ Byron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/315. f. 169.
  47. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 744.
  48. ↑ Byron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/315. f. 169.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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