H.M.S. Rosario (1898)
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H.M.S. Rosario was completed as a sloop, but was converted to a submarine depot ship before the Great War.
Contents
Service
Rosario was commissioned at Sheerness on 20 March, 1900 for service on the China Station, Commander Claud A. W. Hamilton in command.[1]
Rosario converted to a depot ship in 1910.[2]
She served with submarines based in Hong Kong during the war, and was sold there for breaking up on 11 November, 1921.[3][4]
Armament
As Completed
- six 4-inch QF BL Mk III
- four 3-pounders
Depot Ship
- four 3-pounders
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Claud A. W. Hamilton, 20 March, 1900[8]
- Commander Thomas Jackson, 15 May, 1903[9]
- Lieutenant & Commander Nicholas E. Archdale, 24 April, 1911[10]
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis A. N. Cromie, 5 November, 1913[11]
- Flag Captain Frederic C. Fisher, 30 July, 1917[12]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 299a.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 60.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 377a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 299a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 270.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 368.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 377a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 857.
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).
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1861760329. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
