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Revision as of 10:57, 19 May 2014

H.M.S. Sandhurst (1905)
Pendant Number: A4 (Jan 1916)
C9 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff[2]
Launched: 14 Dec, 1905[3]
Broken up: Apr, 1946[4]

H.M.S. Sandhurst was the former civil ship Manipur, hired in November 1914 and purchased in 1915. She served as the dummy battleship Indomitable before being converted to a fleet repair ship.[5]

Service

Sandhurst completed conversion to a depot ship in September, 1916. She served at Scapa Flow from 1916 to 1918.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 294.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 902.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 860.

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).