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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Nicholas Edward Archdale|nick=Nicholas E. Archdale|appt=31 October, 1914{{NLNov17|p. 393''v''}}|note=and for duty with Submarines}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gilbert Hilton Kellett|nick=Gilbert H. Kellett|appt=15 November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 795}}}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (S)|name=Brownlow Villiers Layard|nick=Brownlow V. Layard|appt=February, 1919{{NLDec19|p. 775}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (S)|name=Brownlow Villiers Layard|nick=Brownlow V. Layard|appt=February, 1919{{NLDec19|p. 775}}}}

Revision as of 12:24, 3 June 2014

H.M.S. Forth (1886)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 1 Dec, 1884[2]
Launched: 23 Oct, 1886[3]
Commissioned: 1889[4]
Sold:

H.M.S. Forth completed as one of four second class protected cruisers of the Mersey class in 1889, but served in the Great War as a submarine depot ship.

Service

She completed conversion to a sea-going submarine depot ship in August 1904.[5] In July 1914, she was attached to the Third Submarine Flotilla for the Test Mobilisation.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 75.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  6. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 316.
  8. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393v.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 795.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 775.

Bibliography


Mersey Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
  Forth Mersey Severn Thames  
<– Surprise Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Scout Class –>