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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel George Spiridione Hancock|nick=Lionel G. S. Hancock|appt=5 August, 1896{{NLApr97|p. 245}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Barrington May|nick=William B. May|appt=1 February, 1896<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 1 February, 1896.  Issue '''34802''', col B, p. 7.</ref>|end=5 August, 1896{{INF}}|note=in command for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gerald Oliver|nick=Gerald Oliver|appt=4 September, 1899{{NLMar01|p. 286}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel George Spiridione Hancock|nick=Lionel G. S. Hancock|appt=5 August, 1896<ref>Hancock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/532.|D7601269}}  f. 591.</ref>{{NLApr97|p. 245}}|end=19 November, 1899<ref>Hancock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/532.|D7601269}}  f. 591.</ref>|note=including Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Smith|appt=17 June, 1903{{NLJan04|p. 351}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Gerald Oliver|nick=Gerald Oliver|appt=4 September, 1899{{NLMar01|p. 286}}|end=10 January, 1902}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest William Leir|nick=Ernest W. Leir|appt=1 November, 1908{{NLApr10|p. 350}}|end=8 August, 1910<ref>Leir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/21}}</ref>|note=And for [["A" Class Submarine (1902)|"A" Class Submarines]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Chadwick|nick=Charles Chadwick|appt=10 January, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 286}}|end=16 May, 1903}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Allen Newton Cromie|nick=Francis A. N. Cromie|appt=8 August, 1910{{NLJan12|p. 350}}|note=And for command of Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Wyldbore Wyldbore-Smith|nick=Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith|appt=17 June, 1903{{NLOct04|p. 351}}|end=22 October, 1904}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Harley Pownall|nick=George H. Pownall|appt=10 May, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 350}}|end=22 August, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 307}}|note=And for command of Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|nick=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|appt=4 October, 1907<ref>Keyes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/75.|D7603782}} f. 280.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 318}}|end=1 November, 1908<ref>Keyes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/75.|D7603782}} f. 280.</ref>|note=and for command of "A" class submarines}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Tom Kenneth Triggs|nick=Tom K. Triggs|appt=22 August, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 351}}|note=And for Submarines and for command of Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest William Leir|nick=Ernest W. Leir|appt=1 November, 1908{{NLApr10|p. 350}}|end=8 August, 1910<ref>Leir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/21}}</ref>|note=and for [["A" Class Submarine (1902)|"A" Class Submarines]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Allen Newton Cromie|nick=Francis A. N. Cromie|appt=8 August, 1910<ref>Cromie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/86.|D7603793}} f. 291.</ref>{{NLJan12|p. 350}}|end=15 August, 1912<ref>Cromie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/86.|D7603793}} f. 291.</ref>|note=and for command of Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Harley Pownall|nick=George H. Pownall|appt=10 May, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 350}}|end=22 August, 1913{{NLFeb14|p. 351}}|note=and for command of Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Tom Kenneth Triggs|nick=Tom K. Triggs|appt=22 August, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 396''h''}}|end=1 November, 1915|note=and for Submarines and for command of Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Stopford Cyril Douglas|nick=Stopford C. Douglas|appt=1 November, 1915|end=16 February, 1916|note=and for Submarines and for command of {{UK-SF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=William Balfour Macdonald|nick=William B. Macdonald|appt=1 August, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 855}}|end=17 April, 1919|note=and as S.N.O., [[Torbay]]}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 08:47, 6 September 2019

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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 1 February, 1896. Issue 34802, col B, p. 7.
  8. Hancock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/532. f. 591.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 245.
  10. Hancock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/532. f. 591.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 286.
  12. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 286.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.
  14. Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
  16. Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
  17. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 350.
  18. Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21
  19. Cromie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/86. f. 291.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 350.
  21. Cromie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/86. f. 291.
  22. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
  23. The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 351.
  24. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396h.
  25. 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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