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'''H.M.S. ''Pandora''''' was S. S. ''Seti'', purchased on 11 November, 1914 to serve as a depot ship in the [[Royal Navy]].  She was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Dolphin''''' in 1924.
 
'''H.M.S. ''Pandora''''' was S. S. ''Seti'', purchased on 11 November, 1914 to serve as a depot ship in the [[Royal Navy]].  She was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Dolphin''''' in 1924.
  
Note: There was also a cruiser named {{UK-1Pandora}} launched in 1900.
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Note: There was also a cruiser named {{UK-2Pandora}} launched in 1900.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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She recommissioned on 3 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 822}}
 
She recommissioned on 3 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 822}}
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She took the name and duties of {{UK-Dolphin|f=p}} as parent ship to the submarines at Fort Blockhouse on 15 October, 1924.{{ToL|Fleet News|Monday, September 15, 1924, Issue 43757, p.17}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment given.
 
Dates of appointment given.
  
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gilbert Hilton Kellett|nick=Gilbert H. Kellett|appt=December, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 822}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fitzroy Hamilton Dalrymple Byron|nick=Fitzroy H. D. Byron|appt=24 May, 1919<ref>Byron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/315.|D7604412}} f. 169.</ref>|end=10 August, 1919<ref>Byron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/315.|D7604412}} f. 169.</ref>|note=and for duty with submarines}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Victor Lindsey Arbuthnot Campbell|nick=Victor L. A. Campbell|appt=27 May, 1919<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/151.|D8116783}} f. 184.</ref>|end=c. early June, 1919{{INF}}|note=taking her from Harwich to Devonport}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gilbert Hilton Kellett|nick=Gilbert H. Kellett|appt=December, 1920<ref>Kellett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/204.|D7604302}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 822}}|end=24 February, 1922<ref>Kellett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/204.|D7604302}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Graham Bower|nick=John G. Bower|appt=25 February, 1922<ref>Bower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/99.|D7604511}} f. 222.</ref>|end=November, 1922<ref>Bower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/99.|D7604511}} f. 222.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Thomas Alexander Bunbury|nick=Charles T. A. Bunbury|appt=25 January, 1923<ref>Bunbury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/13.|D7603520}} f. 13.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 756}}|end=25 January, 1923<ref>Bunbury Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/13.|D7603520}} f. 13.</ref>|note=temporary, for passage}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Fenwick Hutchings|nick=John F. Hutchings|appt=15 October, 1924<ref>Hutchings Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/270.|D7604367}} f. 146.</ref>|end=15 April, 1924<ref>Hutchings Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/270.|D7604367}} f. 146.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S)|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Geoffrey Layton|appt=31 December, 1924{{NLJul27|p. 231}}|end=|note=and as Chief Staff Officer to R/A (S) Nicholson|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=3 August, 1925<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|end=10 October, 1927<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S)|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Ross Turner|nick=Robert R. Turner|appt=15 June, 1927<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJan28|p. 232}}|end=15 June, 1929<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/13.|D7604426}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S)|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Burnard Darke|nick=Reginald B. Darke|appt=15 June, 1929<ref>Darke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} f. ?.</ref>|end=4 August, 1931<ref>Darke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S)|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Pirie Thomson|nick=George P. Thomson|appt=4 August, 1931|end=21 January, 1933|note=and as Captain (S)|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Henry Taylor|nick=Frederick H. Taylor|appt=20 January, 1933|end=1 March, 1935|note=and as Captain (S)|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril George Bucknill Coltart|nick=Cyril G. B. Coltart|appt=1 June, 1933|end=|note=and as Chief Staff Officer|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=1 March, 1935<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>|end=5 February, 1937<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S)|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Geoffrey Meredith Keble Keble-White|nick=Geoffrey M. K. Keble-White|appt=8 February, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 231}}|end=|note=and as Captain (S)|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril George Bucknill Coltart|nick=Cyril G. B. Coltart|appt=11 July, 1939|end=10 December, 1939|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|5}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Dolphin''}}
 
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Brodie and Layton seem to overlap each other.  I am unsure about whether Coltart was in command or if that role fell to Rear-Admiral (S) [[Noel Frank Laurence]].
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 19:24, 14 October 2019

H.M.S. Pandora (1902)
Pendant Number: N.71 (1914)
N.78 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Raylton Dixon[2]
Launched: 5 Jul, 1902[3]
Mined: 23 Nov, 1939[4]

H.M.S. Pandora was S. S. Seti, purchased on 11 November, 1914 to serve as a depot ship in the Royal Navy. She was renamed H.M.S. Dolphin in 1924.

Note: There was also a cruiser named Pandora launched in 1900.

Service

Pandora served submarines in Harwich from the Eighth Submarine Flotilla and Ninth Submarine Flotilla from 1915 to 1918.[5]

She recommissioned on 3 January, 1921.[6]

She took the name and duties of H.M.S. Dolphin as parent ship to the submarines at Fort Blockhouse on 15 October, 1924.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

Brodie and Layton seem to overlap each other. I am unsure about whether Coltart was in command or if that role fell to Rear-Admiral (S) Noel Frank Laurence.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 822.
  7. "Fleet News." The Times (London, England), Monday, September 15, 1924, Issue 43757, p.17.
  8. Byron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/315. f. 169.
  9. Byron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/315. f. 169.
  10. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
  11. Kellett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/204. f. ?.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 822.
  13. Kellett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/204. f. ?.
  14. Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
  15. Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
  16. Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 756.
  18. Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
  19. Hutchings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 146.
  20. Hutchings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 146.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 231.
  22. Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  23. Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  24. Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 232.
  26. Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.
  27. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  28. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  29. Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  30. Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 231.

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).