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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel George Spiridione Hancock|nick=Lionel G. S. Hancock|appt=5 August, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 245}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel George Spiridione Hancock|nick=Lionel G. S. Hancock|appt=5 August, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 245}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gerald Oliver|nick=Gerald Oliver|appt=4 September, 1899{{NLMar01|p. 286}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gerald Oliver|nick=Gerald Oliver|appt=4 September, 1899{{NLMar01|p. 286}}|end=}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Chadwick|nick=Charles Chadwick|appt=10 January, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 286}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Chadwick|nick=Charles Chadwick|appt=10 January, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 286}}|end=17 June, 1903{{NLMay03|p. 286}}{{NLOct04|p. 351}}}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Smith|appt=17 June, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 351}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Smith|appt=17 June, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 351}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|nick=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|appt=4 October, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 318}}|end=|note=and for command of submarines}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|nick=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|appt=4 October, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 318}}|end=|note=and for command of submarines}} | ||
Revision as of 19:28, 23 May 2016
| H.M.S. Onyx (1892) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D.07 (1914) N.07 (Sep 1915) N.75 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Laird[2] |
| Launched: | 7 Sep, 1892[3] |
| Sold: | Aug, 1924[4] |
H.M.S. Onyx was completed as a torpedo gunboat, but was converted along with her sister Hebe to submarine depot ship before the Great War.
Service
Onyx converted to a depot ship in 1908.[5]
She served with the First Submarine Flotilla at Devonport 1914-16, then as a base ship at Torbay in 1917 and 1918.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander William B. May, 1 February, 1896[7]
- Lieutenant & Commander Lionel G. S. Hancock, 5 August, 1896[8]
- Lieutenant & Commander Gerald Oliver, 4 September, 1899[9]
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles Chadwick, 10 January, 1902[10] – 17 June, 1903[11][12]
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh F. W. Smith, 17 June, 1903[13]
- Lieutenant & Commander Adrian St. Vincent Keyes, 4 October, 1907[14] (and for command of submarines)
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest W. Leir, 1 November, 1908[15] – 8 August, 1910[16] (and for "A" Class Submarines)
- Lieutenant & Commander Francis A. N. Cromie, 8 August, 1910[17] (and for command of Flotilla)
- Lieutenant & Commander George H. Pownall, 10 May, 1912[18] – 22 August, 1913[19] (and for command of Flotilla)
- Lieutenant & Commander/Lieutenant-Commander Tom K. Triggs, 22 August, 1913[20] (and for Submarines and for command of Flotilla)
- Acting Captain William B. Macdonald, 1 August, 1918[21] (and as S.N.O., Torbay)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 1 February, 1896. Issue 34802, col B, p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 350.
- ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396h.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 855.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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