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==Service==
 
==Service==
''Bonaventure'' was refitted as a depôt ship by April, 1907.
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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}}
  
 
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 October, 1912.{{NLJan15|p. 285}}
 
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 October, 1912.{{NLJan15|p. 285}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Bonaventure''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Bonaventure|f=p}}}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Bonaventure''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Augustus Giffard|nick=George A. Giffard|appt=May, 1892{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
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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}}
 
{{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>}}
 
{{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>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
 
{{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>}}
 
{{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>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles John Graves-Sawle, Fourth Baronet|nick=Charles J. Graves-Sawle|appt=31 May, 1900{{MackieRNW}}<ref>Day of month inferred from predecessorMontgomerie 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}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Grant Fraser|nick=Robert G. Fraser|appt=November, 1903<ref>Fraser Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  f. 100.</ref>}}
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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>}}
 
{{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>}}
 
{{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>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Holland Torlesse|nick=Henry H. Torlesse|appt=May, 1905{{MackieRNW}}}}
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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>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frank Brandt|nick=Frank Brandt|appt=April, 1907{{MackieRNW}}}}
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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}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stanley Lyte Willis|nick=Stanley L. Willis|appt=15 October, 1912{{NLOct15|p. 392''l''}}|note="for Submarines"}}
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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}}
 
{{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}}}}
 
{{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}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Malcolm Kingsford de Monçy Burgess|nick=Malcolm K. de M. Burgess|appt=20 June, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 391''v''}}}}
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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}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=October, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 744}}}}
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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}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Aubrey Charles Bertie|nick=Aubrey C. Bertie|appt=6 March, 1919{{NLJul19|p. 744}}|note=for Submarines 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>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fitzroy Hamilton Dalrymple Byron|nick=Fitzroy H. D. Byron|appt=10 August, 1919{{NLOct19|p. 744}}}}
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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}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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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}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bonaventure_(1892)}}
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bonaventure_(1892)}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 11:08, 5 September 2019

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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