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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 [[Devonport Submarine Flotilla]]}}
 
{{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 [[Devonport Submarine 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={{LaCRN}}|name=George Harley Pownall|nick=George H. Pownall|appt=10 May, 1912{{NavAppts|7 May 1912, p. 6}}{{NLMar13|p. 350}}|end=22 August, 1913{{NLFeb14|p. 351}}|note=and for command of {{UK-SF|1}}}}
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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}}|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 {{UK-SF|1}}}}
 
{{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}}}}
 
{{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}}}}
 
{{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]]}}
 
{{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]]}}

Revision as of 14:58, 16 October 2021

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 was converted to a submarine depot ship in 1908.[5] She would serve first with the Devonport Local Defence Flotilla, which would become the First Submarine Flotilla around 1912.

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. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 7 May 1912, p. 6.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 351.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396h.
  26. ↑ 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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