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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 September 1921, she was transferred to the [[Royal Indian Marine]], then becoming H.M.I.S. ''Cornwallis''.{{DittColl|p. 95}}
  
 
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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 before destroying her by gunfire, leaving five survivors.  Noakes was awarded a D.S.O. for the feat.<ref>Noakes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} ff. 77.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 09:32, 27 April 2018

H.M.S. Lychnis (1917)
Pendant Number: T.56 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: William Hamilton & Company[2]
Ordered: Dec, 1916[3]
Launched: 21 Aug, 1917[4]
Sold: 1946[5]
H.M.S. Lychnis was one of twelve Aubrietia Class convoy sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

In September 1921, she was transferred to the Royal Indian Marine, then becoming H.M.I.S. Cornwallis.[6]

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 before destroying her by gunfire, leaving five survivors. Noakes was awarded a D.S.O. for the feat.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  7. ↑ Noakes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. ff. 77.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 837.

Bibliography


Aubrietia Class Convoy Sloop
Aubrietia Heather Salvia Tamarisk Tulip
Viola Andromeda Gaillardia Hibiscus Lychnis
  Montbretia Polyanthus  
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