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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Lychnis''''' was one of twelve [[Aubrietia Class Sloop (1916)|''Aubrietia'' Class convoy sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Lychnis''''' was one of twelve [[Aubrietia Class Sloop (1916)|''Aubrietia'' Class convoy sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
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| + | In 1921, she was transferred to the [[Royal Indian Marine]], then becoming H.M.I.S. ''Cornwallis''. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
| + | On 17 June, 1918 while operating between Sardinia and Sicily under the command of Lieutenant-Commander [[Cyril John Laugham Noakes]], ''Lychnis'' forced {{DE-U64}} to the surface by depth charging her. The submarine was destroyed by gunfire. | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 15:28, 8 December 2016
| H.M.S. Lychnis (1917) | |
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| Pendant Number: | T.56 (Jan, 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hamilton[2] |
| Ordered: | Dec, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 21 Aug, 1917[4] |
| Sold: | 1946[5] |
In 1921, she was transferred to the Royal Indian Marine, then becoming H.M.I.S. Cornwallis.
Service
On 17 June, 1918 while operating between Sardinia and Sicily under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Cyril John Laugham Noakes, Lychnis forced U 64 to the surface by depth charging her. The submarine was destroyed by gunfire.
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Cyril J. L. Noakes, October, 1917 – 1 October, 1918
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Alexander S. Mackay, 4 October, 1918[6]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 837.
Bibliography
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| Montbretia | Polyanthus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
